Coupled plasmonic cavities on moire surfaces
Author
Balcı, Sinan
Karabıyık, Mustafa
Kocabaş, Aşkın
Kocabaş, Coşkun
Aydınlı, Atilla
Date
2010-08Source Title
Plasmonics
Print ISSN
1557-1955
Electronic ISSN
1557-1963
Publisher
Springer
Volume
5
Issue
4
Pages
429 - 436
Language
English
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Abstract
Surface plasmon polariton (SPP) waveguides formed by coupled plasmonic cavities on metallic Moire surfaces have been investigated both experimentally and numerically. The Moire surface, fabricated by interference lithography, contains periodic arrays of one-dimensional cavities. The coupling strength between the cavities has been controlled by changing the periodicities of the Moire surface. The ability to control the coupling strength allows us to tune the dispersion and the group velocity of the plasmonic coupled cavity mode. Reflection measurements and numerical simulation of the array of SPP cavities have shown a coupled resonator type plasmonic waveguide band formation within the band gap. Coupling coefficients of cavities and group velocities of SPPs are calculated for a range of cavity sizes from weakly coupled regime to strongly coupled regime.