title: Gap plasmon polariton structure for very efficient microscale-to-nanoscale interfacing.
abstract: The seamless transition between microscale photonics and nanoscale plasmonics requires overpassing different waveguiding mechanisms and a few orders of magnitude in the lateral dimension. Exploiting gap plasmon-polariton waves both at the microscale and nanoscale with an ultrashort (few micrometers) nonadiabatic tapered gap plasmon waveguide, we show theoretically that very high-power transfer efficiency (approximately 70%) is achieved. The same mechanism may be used to harvest impinging light waves and direct them into a nanohole or slit to exhibit an anomalous transmission without the conventional periodic structures. The interplay of plasmonic and oscillating modes is analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Microphotonics Laboratory, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ginzburg
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arbel
authors.forename: Meir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orenstein