Abstract
We experimentally demonstrated an electrically excited surface plasmon source, which was fulfilled in a silver coated light emitting diode (LED) with well designed gratings. With a DC current supply, surface plasmon polariton (SPP) waves were generated directly from the illuminations of the LED via the grating coupler. By adjusting the grating to a tilted one, a unidirectional SPP beam was successfully attained with a high extinction ratio (ER∼10) and an improved launching efficiency. Detailed analyses show that this electrically generated unidirectional SPP has a considerable long propagation distance (∼14μm), allowing for further manipulations in plasmonic integrations and sensors.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 8710-8717 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 9 Apr 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |