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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2012
Mihail Bora, Livermore, CA (US);
Tiziana C. Bond, Livermore, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Fasenfest, Union City, CA (US);
Elaine M. Behymer, Livermore, CA (US);
Mihail Bora, Livermore, CA (US);
Tiziana C. Bond, Livermore, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Fasenfest, Union City, CA (US);
Elaine M. Behymer, Livermore, CA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
Tunable plasmon resonant cavity arrays in paired parallel nanowire waveguides are presented. Resonances can be observed when the waveguide length is an odd multiple of quarter plasmon wavelengths, consistent with boundary conditions of node and antinode at the ends. Two nanowire waveguides can satisfy the dispersion relation of a planar metal-dielectric-metal waveguide of equivalent width equal to the square field average weighted gap. Confinement factors of over 10are possible due to plasmon focusing in the inter-wire space.