In this paper, diffractive optics analysis methods for plasmonics circuits with dielectric substrate and surface plasmon resonance phenomena occurring in metal/polymer structures are presented. For plasmonics circuit analysis, the nonperiodic rigorous coupled wave analysis method with perfect matched layer is developed. Based on the nonperiodic coupled wave analysis framework, the identification method of eigen-surface plasmon modes that can exit on metallic strip structure with arbitrary shaped cross-section are presented. The three-dimensional plasmon wave propagation on plasmonic circuits is analyzed with field distribution visualization. The rigorous coupled wave analysis for surface plasmon resonance phenomena is also presented. Surface plasmon resonance phenomena induced by various optical sources are analyzed with field distribution visualization.

Date Published: 24 August 2006
PDF: 10 pages
Proc. SPIE 6314, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications XII, 63140V (24 August 2006); doi: 10.1117/12.682678

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6314:
Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications XII
Francis T. S. Yu; Ruyan Guo; Shizhuo S. Yin, Editor(s)