Graduate/Postgraduate Student Opportunities & Scholarships
Near field microscopy of plasmonic devices
Supervisors: Judith Dawes, Mike Steel, Peter Dekker
The next generation of miniaturised photonic devices will incorporate surface plasmons, where a combined optical and electrical excitation propagates at the interface between a metallic film and a dielectric substrate. Plasmonics is an exciting new field allowing the creation of versatile components, combining optical and electrical signals in compact
structures. We aim to design and fabricate plasmonic devices including waveguides, resonators, switches and amplifiers. Characterisation by near field microscopy of the devices will be compared with modelling of the plasmon behaviour.