• 한국광학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.89-99
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• 2004

금속에서의 흥미로운 광학적 특성들은 주로 표면 폴라리톤(surface polaritons: SP)의 기여에 의해 나타난다. 물질상수(유전율과 투자율)가 모두 음수인 왼손잡이 물질(left-handed materials: LHM)의 표면에서도 두 종류의 SP인 표면 전기-폴라리톤(surface electric-polariton: SEP), 또는, 표면 자기-폴라리톤(surface magnetic-polariton: SMP)이 형성되어 군속도와 위상속도가 서로 반전되는 경우가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 금속물질과 LHM와 같은 메타물질(metamaterials)의 경계면에서 발생하는 SP의 전파특성을 분산관계를 통하여 분석하였다. 임의의 물질상수를 갖는 두 매질의 경계면에서 SEP와 SMP가 생성될 수 있는 일반화된 조건을 도출하였으며, 양쪽 매질을 통해 전파하는 에너지 비율의 차이에 의해 군속도와 위상속도가 반전된다는 물리적인 원인을 제안하였다. 도출된 SP 생성조건을 이용하여 금속물질과 메타물질의 경계면에서 전파하는 SEP와 SMP의 분산관계를 구하고, 주파수에 따라 다양한 SP의 전파특성이 나타날 수 있음을 보였다. SEP 및 SMP 분산관계로부터 구한 정량화 된 전파특성은 SP가 존재하기 위한 매질의 일반화된 조건과 에너지 전파 비율의 계산으로부터 얻은 결과와 일치함을 확인하였다. 특히, 두 매질 중 어느 한 매질이 LHM이 아니더라도 SP은 위상속도와 군속도가 반전되어 전파될 수 있음을 밝혀내었다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2012

표면 플라즈몬-폴라리톤(surface plasmon-polaritons, SPP)의 외부-전반사(total external reflection, TER) 현상은 유전체 만으로 된 경계 면에서는 일어나지 않는 SPP 만의 독특한 특성이다. 금속 면 위에 놓인 낮은 굴절률 유전체 선이 도파로 코어 역할을 하여 파장 이하의 크기를 갖는 도파모드를 형성하는 SPP-TER 도파로 구조를 제안하였다. 코어 단면적 변화에 따른 SPP-TER 모드의 전파 특성을 기존의 높은 굴절률 유전체 도파로 및 금속 도파로 구조와 비교 분석하였다. 코어의 면적이 작아짐에 따라 SPP-TER 모드의 크기가 파장보다 수십 배 작아질 수 있으면서도, 주변에 이득물질을 갖는 경우에는 기존의 도파로 구조보다도 높은 이득을 가질 수 있음을 보였다. 따라서, 제안된 SPP-TER 구조는 나노 크기의 레이저 구현에 기여하리라 기대된다.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2006년도 하계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.41-42
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• 2006

An idea for extension of propagation range of surface plasmon-polaritons(SPP), which are guided on metal-strip waveguides, is suggested. Slight modification in refractive indices and/or separation gaps can increase two orders of magnitude in propagation distance of SPPs. Dispersion relations of extended long-range SPP modes excited on vertically coupled SPP waveguides are discussed in detail.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.319-326
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• 2010

Photonics offers a solution to data communication between logic devices in computing systems; however, the integration of photonic components into electronic chips is rather limited due to their size incompatibility. Dimensions of photonic components are therefore being forced to be scaled down dramatically to achieve a much higher system performance. To integrate these nano-photonic components, surface plasmon-polaritons and/or energy transfer mechanisms are used to form plasmonic chips. In this paper, the operating principle of plasmonic waveguide devices is reviewed within the mid-infrared spectral region at the 2 ${\mu}m$ to 5 ${\mu}m$ range, including lossless signal propagation by introducing gain. Experimental results demonstrate that these plasmonic devices, of sizes approximately half of the operating free-space wavelengths, require less gain to achieve lossless propagation. Through optimization of device performance by means of methods such as the use of new plasmonic waveguide materials that exhibit a much lower minimal loss value, these plasmonic devices can significantly impact electronic systems used in data communications, signal processing, and sensors industries.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.407-414
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• 2011

We analyze the cooperative spontaneous emission of optically excited nanocrystals into surface plasmon polaritons propagating on the surface of a cylindrical metallic nanowire. The spontaneous emission probability of the nanocrystals is obtained by perturbative expansions with and without dipole-dipole interaction among nanocrystals in order to see the cooperative effects. The spontaneous emission probability depends on the radial and axial distributions, as well as on the dipolar orientation of nanocrystals. It is shown that the spontaneous emission probability is strongly influenced by dipole-dipole interaction, axial distribution, and dipolar orientation of nanocrystals for closely spaced nanocrystals.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.799-808
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• 2014

The mechanism of optical interaction of two nanoholes, milled in an opaque gold film, by means of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) propagation is investigated. The interaction depends on the polarization direction of the incident light when the nanohole pair is illuminated through uniform single antenna excitations. It is shown that by illuminating one of the nanoholes, under single antenna excitation, the other nanohole can be excited indirectly via propagated SPPs from the excited nanohole. In addition, it is found that the spectrum of electromagnetic power above the surface of the metallic film at an arbitrary point along the axis of the nanohole pair presents two resonant peaks. These peaks are due to the optical interaction between nanoholes, where the short- and long-wavelength peaks can be assigned to in-phase and antiphase interactions of magnetic dipoles relative to each nanohole, respectively. The magnetic coupled dipole approximation (MCDA) method confirms the simulation results.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.808-810
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• 2007

We demonstrate 10 Gbps optical signal transmission via long-range surface plasmon polaritons (LR-SPPs) in a very thin metal strip-guided geometry. The LR-SPP waveguide was fabricated as a 14 nm thick, 2.5 ${\mu}m$ wide, and 4 cm long gold strip embedded in a polymer and pigtailed with single-mode fibers. The total insertion loss of 16 dB was achieved at a wavelength of 1.55 ${\mu}m$ as a carrier wave. In a 10 Gbps optical signal transmission experiment, the LR-SPP waveguide exhibits an excellent eye opening and a 2.2 dB power penalty at $10^{-12}$ bit error rate. We confirm, for the first time, that LR-SPPs can efficiently transfer data signals as well as the carrier light.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.188-191
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• 2016

We investigated surface-roughness-dependent optical loss in a plasmonic cavity consisting of a semiconductor nanodisk/silver nanopan structure. Numerical simulations show that the quality factors of plasmonic resonant modes significantly depend on the surface roughness of the dielectric-metal interface in the cavity structure. In the transverse-magnetic-like whispering-gallery plasmonic mode excited in a structure with disk diameter of 1000 nm, the total quality factor decreased from 260 to 130 with increasing root-mean-square (rms) surface roughness from 0 to 5 nm. This quantitative theoretical study shows that the smooth metal surface plays a critical role in high-performance plasmonic devices.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2008년도 동계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.125-126
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• 2008

We investigate characteristics of gold and silver metal strip waveguides based on long range surface plasmon polaritons (LRSPPs) along thin metal strips embedded in a polymer for practical applications at the wavelengths of 1.31 and 1.55 um. Guiding properties of the metal strip waveguides are theoretically and experimentally evaluated. In addition, surrounding technologies such as the development of TM-mode laser, coupling properties, as well as high-speed digital signal transporting experiments will be explained for board-to-board optical interconnections by using the LRSPP waveguides.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.778-783
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• 2009

To fabricate uniform and reliable thin gold stripes that provide low-loss optical waveguides, we developed a novel liftoff process placing an additional $SiN_x$ layer under conventional photoresists. By patterning a photoresist and over-etching the $SiN_x$, the photoresist patterns become free-standing structures on a lower-cladding. This leads to uniform metal stripes with good reproducibility and effectively removes parasitic structures on the edge of the metal stripe in the image reversal photolithography process. By applying the newly developed process to polymer-based gold stripe waveguide fabrication, we improved the propagation losses about two times compared with that incurred by the conventional image-reversal process.