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Localized surface plasmon Bragg grating on SOI waveguide at telecom wavelengths

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We show that the metal nanoparticle chains supporting localized surface plasmon resonance can behave as transmission Bragg gratings on a dielectric waveguide. An analytical model is developed to interpret the experimental results.

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The authors acknowledge R. Colombelli and D. Costantini for useful discussions, and C. Delacour and A. Chelnokov for sample preparation. This work has been supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche under the PLACIDO No ANR-08-BLAN-0285-01 project. M. Février received financial support from the Region Ile-de-France.

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Fevrier, M., Gogol, P., Aassime, A. et al. Localized surface plasmon Bragg grating on SOI waveguide at telecom wavelengths. Appl. Phys. A 109, 935–942 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-012-7395-3

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