Miniaturized plasmonic resonators based on hyperbolic wires

摘要

We propose the concept of hyperbolic metamaterial wires allowing to miniaturize plasmonic resonators sustaining bulk plasmon polaritons squeezed in 1/100 of the wavelength. These new structures outperform the conventional Metal - Insulator - Metal optical antennas in terms of efficiency and miniaturization. A model is provided to scale the resonant wavelength by controlling the filling ratio between the metal and dielectric layers.