S. Passinger
R. V. Kiyan
A. L. Stepanov
C. Reinhardt
B. N. Chichkov

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.