Obtaining circularly polarized optical spots beyond the diffraction limit using plasmonic nano-antennas

Öğüt, Erdem and Kızıltaş, Güllü and Şendur, Kürşat (2010) Obtaining circularly polarized optical spots beyond the diffraction limit using plasmonic nano-antennas. In: 2009 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA

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Abstract

With advances in nanotechnology, emerging plasmonic nano-optical applications, such as all-optical magnetic recording, require circularly-polarized electromagnetic radiation beyond the diffraction limit. In this study, a plasmonic cross-dipole nano-antenna is investigated to obtain a circularly polarized near-field optical spot with a size smaller than the diffraction limit of light. The performance of the nano-antenna is investigated through numerical simulations. In the first part of this study, the nano-antenna is illuminated with a diffraction-limited circularly-polarized radiation to obtain circularly polarized optical spots at nanoscale. In the second part, diffraction limited linearly polarized radiation is used. An optimal configuration for the nano-antenna and the polarization angle of the incident light is identified to obtain a circularly polarized optical spot beyond the diffraction limit from a linearly polarized diffraction limited radiation.
Item Type: Papers in Conference Proceedings
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences > Academic programs > Mechatronics
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Depositing User: Kürşat Şendur
Date Deposited: 12 May 2010 10:31
Last Modified: 26 Apr 2022 08:55
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/13933

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