Controlled Fabrication of Optical Signal Input/Output Sites on Plasmonic Nanowires

Shuichi Toyouchi; Mathias Wolf; Yusuke Nakao; Yasuhiko Fujita; Tomoko Inose; Beatrice Fortuni; Kenji Hirai; Johan Hofkens; Steven De Feyter; James Hutchison; Hiroshi Uji-i

Journal article

Controlled Fabrication of Optical Signal Input/Output Sites on Plasmonic Nanowires

Shuichi Toyouchi, Mathias Wolf, Yusuke Nakao, Yasuhiko Fujita, Tomoko Inose, Beatrice Fortuni, Kenji Hirai, Johan Hofkens, Steven De Feyter, James Hutchison, Hiroshi Uji-i

Nano Letters | AMER CHEMICAL SOC | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b05199

Abstract

Silver nanowires have attracted considerable attention as subdiffraction limited diameter waveguides in a variety of applications including cell endoscopy and photonic integrated circuitry. Optical signal transport occurs by coupling light into propagating surface plasmons, which scatter back into light further along the wire. However, these interconversions only occur efficiently at wire ends, or at defects along the wire, which are not controlled during synthesis. Here, we overcome this limitation, demonstrating the visible laser light-induced fabrication of gold nanostructures at desired positions on silver nanowires, and their utility as efficient in/out coupling points for light. The go..

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Grants

Awarded by Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Awarded by KU Leuven Research Fund

Awarded by JSPS Kakenhi

Awarded by FWO for thier PhD and Postdoctoral fellowships

Awarded by Flemish government through long term structural funding Methusalem (CASAS2)

Awarded by Australian Research Council Future Fellowship scheme

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was funded by the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO, G0D4519N and G081916N), the KU Leuven Research Fund (C14/15/053), and JSPS Kakenhi (JP19KK0136 to T.I., JP17H03003 to H.U., JP18H01948 to K.H.). M.W. and B.F. acknowledge the support from FWO for thier PhD and Postdoctoral fellowships, respectively (1S87918N and 12X1419N). J. H. acknowledges support from the Flemish government through long term structural funding Methusalem (CASAS2, Meth/15/04). This collaborative work was supported by the JSPS Core-to-Core Program, A. Advanced Research Networks. J.A.H. acknowledges the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship scheme (FT180100295).