All-fiber hybrid photon-plasmon circuits: integrating nanowire plasmonics with fiber optics

Opt Express. 2013 Jul 1;21(13):15698-705. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.015698.

Abstract

We demonstrate all-fiber hybrid photon-plasmon circuits by integrating Ag nanowires with optical fibers. Relying on near-field coupling, we realize a photon-to-plasmon conversion efficiency up to 92% in a fiber-based nanowire plasmonic probe. Around optical communication band, we assemble an all-fiber resonator and a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with Q-factor of 6 × 10(6) and extinction ratio up to 30 dB, respectively. Using the MZI, we demonstrate fiber-compatible plasmonic sensing with high sensitivity and low optical power.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't