Shaping the light distribution of strongly focused systems for efficient excitation of optical nano-circuits

Boris Okorn; Jordi Sancho-Parramon; Silvio Hrabar

doi:10.1117/12.2188139

1 September 2015 Shaping the light distribution of strongly focused systems for efficient excitation of optical nano-circuits

Boris Okorn, Jordi Sancho-Parramon, Silvio Hrabar

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Proceedings Volume 9544, Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2015; 95442V (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188139
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In the present study, we theoretically investigate how shaping of the light distribution that illuminates a large numerical aperture lens can be used to efficiently couple light to a particular element of optical nano-circuits located at the focal region of the lens. In addition to standard plane waves, we consider illumination schemes that provide peculiar light distributions at focus, such as cylindrical vector beams. These results show that light excitation may be included as an additional degree of freedom in the optimization of optical and metatronic nano-circuitry and their coupling to conventional optical systems.

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Boris Okorn, Jordi Sancho-Parramon, and Silvio Hrabar "Shaping the light distribution of strongly focused systems for efficient excitation of optical nano-circuits", Proc. SPIE 9544, Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2015, 95442V (1 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188139

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