title: Low-loss surface-plasmonic nanobeam cavities.
abstract: One-dimensional surface-plasmonic nanobeam cavities are proposed as a means to confine surface plasmons to a subwavelength-scale mode volume, while maintaining a relatively high Q-factor. By bonding one-dimensional photonic-crystal nanobeam structures to a low-loss metallic substrate, a clear plasmonic TM bandgap can be formed. The introduction of a single-cell defect alongside the engineering of side-air-hole shifts to this plasmonic-crystal nanobeam provides subwavelength-scale plasmonic mode localization within the plasmonic TM bandgap. This suppresses radiation and scattering loss to render a maximum Q-factor of 413 and a modal volume of 3.67x10(-3) microm3 at room temperature. The possibility of further reduction in the intrinsic loss of the cavity is investigated by lowering the operating temperature and the Q-factor of 1.34x10(4) is predicted at a temperature of 20 K for the optimistic case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 305-751, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Myung-Ki
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Muhan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Byeong-Hyeon
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Namkyoo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Yong-Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Bumki
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Min
mesh_terms: D004735:Energy Transfer; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*