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    Optical Antenna

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    Recent research in nano-optics and plasmonics has generated considerable interest in the optical antenna concept, and several studies are currently focused on how to translate established radiowave and microwave antenna theories into the optical frequency regime.

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    Recent research in nano-optics and plasmonics has generated considerable interest in the optical antenna concept, and several studies are currently focused on how to translate established radiowave and microwave antenna theories into the optical frequency regime.

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    MIT

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    Agenda

    Introduction History Working of Optical Antennas Antenna parameters Application Challenges and outlook Conclusion

    Introduction

    Antenna
    Optical antenna Optical radiation

    History

    In 1985,John Wessel proposed for the first time that a gold particle could function as an antenna. The first experimental demonstrations of this followed in 1995 by Dieter Pohl and Ulrich Fischer, who used a gold-coated polystyrene particle. Radio antennas were developed as solutions to a communication problem, whereas optical antennas were developed for use in

    Working of Optical Antennas

    An optical antenna interacts with a receiver or transmitter in the form of a discrete quantum system such as an atom, molecule, or ion. The antenna enhances the interaction between the receiver or transmitter and the radiation field, it may control the light-matter interaction on the level of a single quantum system. The properties of the antenna depend on the properties of the receiver/transmitter. The efficiency of the interaction can be expressed in terms of such as antenna gain, efficiency, impedance.

    Examples of IR optical antennas fabricated by Boreman and co-workers: (a)asymmetric spiral antenna , (b) microstrip dipole antenna, (c) square spiral antenna, (d) phased-array antenna

    Antenna parameters
    Directivity. Efficiency. Gain. Antenna apperture.

    Application
    Photodetection and photovoltaics. Antenna probes for nano-imaging. Nonlinear signal conversion. Information processing.

    PHOTODETECTION AND PHOTOVOLTAICS.

    The application of optical antennas in photo detectors is particularly promising. An optical antenna increases the absorption cross-section and hence the light flux that impinges on a detector, giving it a clear signalto-noise advantage. Optical antennas have also been explored for enhancing the efficiency of photovoltaic devices, particularly for solar energy harvesting

    ANTENNA PROBES FOR NANOIMAGING.

    Over the past decade, optical microscopy has reached the nanoscale through techniques such as stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy, photoactivatable localization microscopy (PALM) and stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy. Optical antennas, when used in scanning probe arrangement, yield a spatial response function on the 1050 nm scale, independent of the nature and photo physics of the sample

    NONLINEAR SIGNAL CONVERSION.

    The strong optical nonlinearities of metals bring many opportunities for nanoscale photonic devices. the potential applications are signal amplification and optical frequency conversion. Nonlinear optical antennas hold promise for generating and controlling this nonlinear response on a subwavelength scale.

    INFORMATION PROCESSING.

    There is an upper limit to the performance of optical components. A minimum volume must be ensured to guarantee the necessary number of modes for information to be processed. The limit is valid for multiple scattering events and for linear interactions. Metals have high intrinsic nonlinearities and therefore hold promise for signal processing beyond the linear limit.

    Challenges and outlook


    Pursuing the radio frequency antenna analogy. Impedance matching. Electro-optical transduction. Selection rules.

    Conclusion
    As in canonical antenna theory, there is no universal antenna design, and optical antennas have to be optimized separately for each application. However, to achieve the highest level of efficiency, the internal energy dissipation of any antenna must be minimized. For a quantum emitter, such as an atom, molecule, or ion, a good antenna yields a low nonradiative decay rate.

    References

    Bharadwaj, P., Deutsch, B. & Novotny, L. Optical antennas. Adv. Opt. Photon. 1, 438 483 (2009). www.optics.rochester.edu Antennas for light Lukas Novotny1* and Niek van Hulst2,3

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