Cross Resonant Optical Antenna

P. Biagioni, J. S. Huang, L. Duò, M. Finazzi, and B. Hecht

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 256801 – Published 22 June 2009

Abstract

We propose a novel cross resonant optical antenna consisting of two perpendicular nanosized gold dipole antennas with a common feed gap. We demonstrate that the cross antenna is able to convert propagating fields of any polarization state into correspondingly polarized, localized, and enhanced fields and vice versa. The cross antenna structure therefore opens the road towards the control of light-matter interactions based on polarized light as well as the analysis of polarized fields on the nanometer scale.

Received 19 December 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.256801

Authors & Affiliations

P. Biagioni^1,*, J. S. Huang¹, L. Duò², M. Finazzi², and B. Hecht^1,†

¹Nano-Optics and Biophotonics group, Department of Experimental Physics 5, Wilhelm-Conrad-Röntgen-Center for Complex Material Systems (RCCM), Physics Institute, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
²LNESS—Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy

^*paolo.biagioni@polimi.it
^†hecht@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de

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Vol. 102, Iss. 25 — 26 June 2009

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