We analyze impedance matching and excitation properties of a plasmonic optical nanocircuit composed by a receiving and an emitting dipole connected by a two-wire optical transmission line. The circuit is fed by a circular Gaussian beam focused on the receiving dipole. The numerical analysis is performed by linear method of moments with a given surface impedance of gold cylindrical conductors. With this model, we analyze the variation of standing-wave response along the circuit in function of some geometrical parameters. We present some conclusions concerning impedance matching between the transmission line and the emitting dipole and coupling between the receiving dipole and the incident Gaussian beam.
This paper presents a broadband nanoantenna fed by a two-wire optical transmission line (OTL). The antenna is defined by a combination of a dipole and a loop, where only the dipole element is connected to the OTL. The analysis is fulfilled by the linear method of moments with equivalent surface impedance to model the conductors. Firstly, the nanoantenna alone is investigated, where the input impedance, current distribution, reflection coefficient, fractional bandwidth, radiation efficiency, and radiation pattern are analyzed. Then, the input impedance matching of this antenna with the OTL is considered. In this case the current, near field distribution, radiation pattern, and reflection coefficient are calculated for different geometrical parameters. The results show that the loop inserted in the circuit can increase the bandwidth up to 42% and decreases the reflection coefficient in the OTL to −25 dB.
An impedance matching analysis of two plasmonic nanocircuits connected to cylindrical nanoantennas is presented. In the first case, a bifilar optical transmission line (OTL) with finite length is connected between two nanodipoles, where one is illuminated by an optically focused Gaussian beam (receiving dipole) and the other radiates energy received from the OTL (emitting dipole). In the second case, the OTL is fed by a voltage source on one side and connected to a dipole-loop composed antenna on the other side. These circuits are analysed electromagnetically by the linear method of moments (MoM) with equivalent surface impedance of conductors. Some results are compared using the finite element method. The results show the impedance matching characteristics of the circuits as a function of their geometries and the broadband response of the second circuit due the broadband dipole-loop antenna.
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