title: Organic nanofiber-loaded surface plasmon-polariton waveguides.
abstract: We demonstrate the use of organic nanofibers, composed of self-assembled organic molecules, as a dielectric medium for dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polariton waveguides at near-infrared wavelengths. We successfully exploit a metallic grating coupler to excite the waveguiding mode and characterize dispersion properties of such waveguides using leakage-radiation microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark. ilr@iti.sdu.dk
authors.forename: Ilya P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Radko
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fiutowski
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.forename: Horst-Günter
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Rubahn
authors.forename: Sergey I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Bozhevolnyi
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force / Q000379:methods; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry; D017785:Photons; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D057109:Scanning Laser Polarimetry / Q000379:methods*; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000379:methods*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D011108:Polymers