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dc.contributor.authorHu, Qing
dc.contributor.authorXu, Di-Hu
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Yu
dc.contributor.authorPeng, Ru-Wen
dc.contributor.authorFan, Ren-Hao
dc.contributor.authorWang, Qian-Jin
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Xian-Rong
dc.contributor.authorWang, Mu
dc.contributor.authorFang, Nicholas Xuanlai
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-19T16:33:14Z
dc.date.available2014-02-19T16:33:14Z
dc.date.issued2013-10
dc.date.submitted2013-10
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85006
dc.description.abstractOn-chip nanophotonics serves as the foundation for the new generation of information technology, but it is challenged by the diffraction limit of light. With the capabilities of confining light into (deep) subwavelength volumes, plasmonics makes it possible to dramatically miniaturize optical devices so as to integrate them into silicon chips. Here we demonstrate that by cascading nano-corrugation gratings with different periodicities on silver nanowires atop silicon, different colors can be spatially separated and chronologically released at different grating junctions. The released light frequency depends on the grating arrangement and corrugation periodicities. Hence the nanowire acts as a spectral splitter for sorting/demultiplexing photons at different nano-scale positions with a ten-femtosecond-level interval. Such nanowires can be constructed further into compact 2D networks or circuits. We believe that this study provides a new and promising approach for realizing spatiotemporal-sensitive spectral splitting and optical signal processing on nanoscales, and for general integration of nanophotonics with microelectronics.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant CMMI-1120724)en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep03095en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en_US
dc.sourceNature Publishing Groupen_US
dc.titlePosition-sensitive spectral splitting with a plasmonic nanowire on silicon chipen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationHu, Qing, Di-Hu Xu, Yu Zhou, Ru-Wen Peng, Ren-Hao Fan, Nicholas X. Fang, Qian-Jin Wang, Xian-Rong Huang, and Mu Wang. “Position-sensitive spectral splitting with a plasmonic nanowire on silicon chip.” Scientific Reports 3 (October 31, 2013).en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorHu, Qingen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorFang, Nicholas Xuanlaien_US
dc.relation.journalScientific Reportsen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsHu, Qing; Xu, Di-Hu; Zhou, Yu; Peng, Ru-Wen; Fan, Ren-Hao; Fang, Nicholas X.; Wang, Qian-Jin; Huang, Xian-Rong; Wang, Muen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1982-4053
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5713-629X
mit.licensePUBLISHER_CCen_US
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