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  • 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference
  • OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2019),
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Antenna Tapering Strategy for Near-Field Enhancement Optimization in Terahertz Gold Nanocavities

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Abstract

Plasmonic nanoantennas (NAs) have received a growing attention in recent years due to their ability to confine light on sub-wavelength dimensions [1]. More recently, this property has been exploited in the terahertz (THz) frequency range (0.1-10 THz) for enhanced sensing and spectroscopy [2], as well as for more fundamental investigations [3]. These applications typically require high local electric fields that can be achieved by concentrating THz radiation into deeply sub-wavelength volumes located at the NAs extremities. However, the achievable near-field enhancement values are severely limited by the poor resonance quality factor of traditional rod-shaped THz NAs. Unlike what is commonly assumed in the infrared domain [4], here we show that an optimal NA tapering angle can be effectively introduced to obtain higher quality factors and, at least, twofold higher local near-field enhancement in comparison with standard (wire-like) dipolar THz NAs. To evaluate how the tapering angle affects the NA performance, a simplified quasi-analytical model was first developed.

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