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Compact Antenna for Efficient and Unidirectional Launching and Decoupling of Surface Plasmons

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Controlling the launching efficiencies and the directionality of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) and their decoupling to freely propagating light is a major goal for the development of plasmonic devices and systems. Here, we report on the design and experimental observation of a highly efficient unidirectional surface plasmon launcher composed of eleven subwavelength grooves, each with a distinct depth and width. Our observations show that, under normal illumination by a focused Gaussian beam, unidirectional SPP launching with an efficiency of at least 52% is achieved experimentally with a compact device of total length smaller than 8 μm. Reciprocally, we report that the same device can efficiently convert SPPs into a highly directive light beam emanating perpendicularly to the sample.

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hal-00675332 , version 1 (29-02-2012)

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Alexandre Baron, Eloïse Devaux, Jean-Claude Rodier, Jean-Paul Hugonin, Emmanuel Rousseau, et al.. Compact Antenna for Efficient and Unidirectional Launching and Decoupling of Surface Plasmons. Nano Letters, 2011, 11 (10), pp.4207. ⟨10.1021/nl202135w⟩. ⟨hal-00675332⟩
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