Nano-Optical Couplers for Efficient Power Transmission Along Sharply Bended Nanowires


Altinoklu A., Ergul O.

APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS SOCIETY JOURNAL, cilt.34, sa.2, ss.228-233, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Dergi Adı: APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS SOCIETY JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.228-233
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We consider nano-optical couplers that consist of optimal arrangements of nanoparticles to improve the transmission abilities of nanowire systems with sharp bends. Previously, it was shown that absence/existence of nanoparticles in a given grid can be optimized such that the power transmission can significantly be increased without curving the bend. In this contribution, we present a detailed investigation and analysis of coupler performances to critical geometric parameters. While the designed couplers are robust against fabrication errors, numerical results demonstrate a remarkable dependency of coupler characteristics to particle types, as well as to bending geometry, due to strong plasmonic interactions at short distances. These findings further support the need for case-dependent optimization that must be performed efficiently and accurately via full-wave simulations.