Plasmon-enhancement of optical near-field of metal nanoaperture surface-emitting laser

Hashizume, Jiro; Koyama, Fumio

doi:10.1063/1.1723691

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“…High density optical data storage [232] 40 nm-high and 480 nm-wide silver wire gratings, with a 577 nm period fabricated on a glass slide by soft-lithography Dispersion of surface plasmons show a clear energy gap when the two plasmons (at the air/silver and glass/silver interface) interfere…”

Section: Surface Plasmon Propagation Extraordinary Optical Transmissmentioning

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Exploitation of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance

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Fendler²

2004

Advanced Materials

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Recent advances in the exploitation of localized surface plasmons (charge density oscillations confined to metallic nanoparticles and nanostructures) in nanoscale optics and photonics, as well as in the construction of sensors and biosensors, are reviewed here. In particular, subsequent to brief surveys of the most‐commonly used methods of preparation and arraying of materials with localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), and of the optical manifestations of LSPR, attention will be focused on the exploitation of metallic nanostructures as waveguides; as optical transmission, information storage, and nanophotonic devices; as switches; as resonant light scatterers (employed in the different near‐field scanning optical microscopies); and finally as sensors and biosensors.

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Section: Surface Plasmon Propagation Extraordinary Optical Transmissmentioning

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Exploitation of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance

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Fendler²

2004

Advanced Materials

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“…1 [8]. The device includes a Au nano-particle in the center of the metal aperture for plasmon enhancement of optical near-fields.…”

Section: Metal Nano-aperture Vcsel For Near-field Opticsmentioning

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“…It is a challenge to enhance the optical near-field from nano-aperture VCSELs. An interesting approach for increasing an optical near-field is to use surface plasmon in metallic nano-structures [7,8]. Surface plasmon excited on a nano particle results in the significant increase of near field intensity.…”

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Nano-aperture VCSELs

Koyama

2006

2006 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings

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We demonstrate metal nano-aperture VCSELs for sub-wavelength optical near-filed probing with strong plasmon enhancement. The plasmonic VCSEL structure is useful for achieving high-resolution optical near-field probes as well as for controlling the polarization of VCSELs. IntroductionHigh-density optical data storages with Tera-bytes capacity have been attracting much interest. An optical near-field technology is one of candidates to make a breakthrough for future optical storages [1], [2]. A storage density of Tera bit/inch 2 is expected when we reduce the spot size to be in the range of 10 nm. A high-density optical disk system using a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array was proposed [3] and a metal nano-aperture VCSEL [4] was demonstrated for producing optical near-field localized at the metal nano-aperture [5]. The voltage change induced by scattering in a nano-aperture enables us to use the same nano-aperture VCSEL chip for optical near-field probing [6]. A high spatial resolution can be expected by reducing the physical size of the metal aperture. However, the optical near-field intensity through a metal aperture is decreased with decreasing the diameter of the aperture, which is a common difficulty in near-field optics. It is a challenge to enhance the optical near-field from nano-aperture VCSELs. An interesting approach for increasing an optical near-field is to use surface plasmon in metallic nano-structures [7,8]. Surface plasmon excited on a nano particle results in the significant increase of near field intensity.In this paper, we review the metal nano-aperture VCSELs with strong plasmonic enhancement of optical near-fields. We demonstrate sub-100nm optical near-field probing. In addition, engineered metallic nano-structures enable us to control the polarization state of VCSELs.

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“…In the interaction between light and metal nano-structures whose size is of wavelength order or less, there is known to be a strong polarization dependence due to plasmon resonance, and we have reported near-field intensification around surface emitting lasers due to localized plasmon excitation [8].…”

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Polarization and transverse mode control of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers with metal nano‐structure

Hashizume

Koyama

2007

Electron Comm Jpn Pt II

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SUMMARYThe surface emitting laser is one of the leading candidates for a light source supporting next-generation ultrahigh-speed optical linking techniques. However, in surface emitting lasers, especially for the single mode elements, the challenges include increasing the single mode output and stabilizing the polarization direction, and thus the technique for controlling the polarization and transverse modes is important. In this study, we propose a surface emitting laser with a metal nanoscale aperture array whose permeability shows a strong polarization dependence, formed on a p-type semiconductor multilayered film reflector, as a new method for controlling the polarization and transverse modes, and in addition, we explain the potential of its polarization and transverse mode control.

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Plasmon-enhancement of optical near-field of metal nanoaperture surface-emitting laser

Cited by 48 publications

References 10 publications

Exploitation of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance

Exploitation of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance

Nano-aperture VCSELs

Polarization and transverse mode control of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers with metal nano‐structure

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