Surface plasmon excitation and localization by partial metal-coated dielectric probe

摘要

For the purpose of developing the probe using surface plasmon polariton (SPP) nanofocusing that is valid for incident linearly polarized (LP) wave, the partially metal-coated dielectric conical probe is investigated numerically by the volume integral equation. The basic characteristics of the strongly localized and enhanced optical near-fields on the tip of the probe and optical intensities inside the probe are investigated. For the incident LP beams, it is found that the optimum structure of the partially metal-coated dielectric probe exists.