Entire Transmission in Negative Directions through a Single Layer of Nanorods

We numerically investigate the regulation of beam direction by a single layer of high electrical permittivity nanorods with two kinds of cross-arranged radii. It is found that an oblique incident optical beam transmits more than 95% with a wide range wavelength of 80 nm near 1550 nm in a negative direction. In particular the efficiency can be up to 100% around the wavelength of 1550nm at a wide-range angle. The results are very promising for designing subwavelength optical elements to realize beam steering in optical integrated circuits.     

Characteristics of the Coupled-Resonator Structure Based on a Stub Resonator and a Nanodisk Resonator

A coupled-resonator structure consisting of a stub resonator and a nanodisk resonator is proposed and numeri- cally investigated by using a two-dimensional finite element method. Simulation results show that two resonant modes occur in the transmission spectra, and the sharp and asymmetric Fano-lines increase with the wavelength resolution. We also analyze the properties of two resonant modes of the structure and design a similar structure supporting only one resonant mode, which has better wavelength resolution. Our models are important for improving the wavelength resolution in plasmonic devices and the sensitivity in sensors.     

Millimeter Propagation and High Confinement in Rhombus-Based Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguides

A hybrid plasmonic waveguide, consisting of two dielectric nanowires symmetrically put at the opposite corner angles of a rhombic metM, is proposed and numerically analyzed by the finite-element method. Simulations show that the present waveguide can achieve the millimeter propagation distance （1244 μm） and deep subwavelength mode area （5.5 × 10-3 μm2）, simultaneously. Compared with the previous hybrid waveguides based on cylinder nanowires or fiat films, the rhombie corner angles enable our waveguide to achieve both longer propagation distance and smaller mode area. This is due to the enhanced coupling between the dielectric guided mode in nanowires and the surface plasmon polariton mode at rhombic surface. Furthermore, the extreme confinement near the rhombic corner angles can strengthen the light-matter interaction greatly and make the present waveguide useful in many applications, such as nonlinear photonics, high-quality nanolazers and nanophotonic waveguides.     

Babinet-Inverted Optical Nanoantenna Analogue of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency

A Babinet-inverted optical nanoantenna analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency based on the coupling between two magnetic dipole antennas and a magnetic octupole antenna in a Au film waveguide is demonstrated. Simulation results indicate that a pronounced elimination occurs in the radiating spectrum due to the coupling-induced radiation suppression. A two-oscillator electromagnetically induced transparency model is used to describe the antenna. The coupling coefficient between the magnetic dipole antennas and the magnetic octupole antenna is calculated using the model and is found to decline exponentially with the increase of the distance between them. Such an antenna can be directly integrated with optical waveguides or transmission lines,thus is of fundamental significance for the applications in nano-optics, such as the optical device miniaturizations and photonic circuit integrations.