@inproceedings{a749c8df401940508fee41e57763ae13,
title = "Efficient butt-coupling of surface plasmons on a silver-air interface",
abstract = "Butt-coupling of light into a surface plasmon is a simple and compact coupling method with a range of potential uses in photonic circuitry. Although butt-coupling has been successfully implemented in many coupling configurations, the coupling effectiveness is not fully understood. Here, we present a semi-analytical study which models the coupling efficiency of an incident beam into a surface plasmon on silver in the presence of loss using an projection method in one dimension. We find that the coupling efficiencies for silver between the wavelengths of 0:38-1:6 μm reach 77-88% with optimum incident beam parameters.",
keywords = "butt-coupling, silver, surface plasmons",
author = "Caitlin Fisher and Botten, {Lindsay C.} and Poulton, {Christopher G.} and McPhedran, {Ross C.} and {De Sterke}, {C. Martijn}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 SPIE.; SPIE Micro+Nano Materials, Devices, and Applications Symposium ; Conference date: 06-12-2015 Through 09-12-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1117/12.2202452",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Stefano Palomba and Eggleton, {Benjamin J.}",
booktitle = "Micro+Nano Materials, Devices, and Systems",
address = "United States",
}