title: Channel plasmon polaritons guided by graded gaps: closed-form solutions.
abstract: Using the effective-index approximation along with the explicit expression for the propagation constant of gap surface plasmons established recently [Opt. Express 16, 2676-2684 (2008)], we develop an analytic description of channel plasmon polariton (CPP) modes guided along V-grooves and gaps between two metal cylindrical surfaces. The results obtained for V-grooves are compared with those reported previously. Dispersion of the main CPP characteristics is calculated for air-gold configurations, allowing one to design graded-gap waveguides for the single-mode operation supporting well-confined fundamental CPP modes in a broad wavelength range.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Sensors, Signals and Electrotechnics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Sergey I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Bozhevolnyi
authors.forename: Khachatur V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Nerkararyan
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008027:Light; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D017785:Photons; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D008670:Metals