Nano-thick SiO<sub>2</sub> channel for subwavelength plasmonic orbital angular momentum mode transmission

Zhishen Zhang; Xiaobo Heng; Shuai Gao; Li Zhang; Fei Lin; Weicheng Chen; Jiulin Gan

doi:10.3788/COL202523.013601

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 1, 013601(2025)

Nano-thick SiO₂ channel for subwavelength plasmonic orbital angular momentum mode transmission

Zhishen Zhang¹, Xiaobo Heng², Shuai Gao¹, Li Zhang¹, Fei Lin¹, Weicheng Chen^1、*, and Jiulin Gan^3、**

¹Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Intelligent Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Technology, School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China

²GBA Branch of Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510700, China

³State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices and Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

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Paper Information

Category: Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics

Received: May. 24, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 16, 2024

Published Online: Dec. 31, 2024

The Author Email: Weicheng Chen (chenwch@fosu.edu.cn), Jiulin Gan (msgan@scut.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.013601

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.013601

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