Optical components for surface plasmon polaritons fabricated by two photon polymerization
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO®/Europe-EQEC)
        
          17.-22. Juni
        
          München
        
          2007
      
    
    
    
    
  
    Type: Konferenzbeitrag
  
  
  
    Abstract    
      
          This paper studies the applications of advanced femtosecond laser technologies for the fabrication of SPP structures. We demonstrate that resulting structures can be used for excitation, guiding, and manipulation of SPPs on a sub wavelength scale. Characterization of these structures is performed by detection of the plasmon leakage radiation. Two-photon polymerization allows the fabrication of dielectric waveguides, splitters, and couplers directly on metal surfaces.