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We demonstrate flexible and low-cost fabrication of dielectric-loaded surface plasmon–polariton waveguides. The waveguide structures are fabricated by two-photon polymerization of commercially available, spin-coatable epoxy-based UV-lithographic resist on a metal covered glass slide. The excitation and guiding properties of the plasmonic waveguides are investigated in the far-field at a wavelength of 632.8 nm by imaging the leakage radiation from the waveguide modes. The optimum bending radius for right angle bends is measured to 6 μm providing a transmission of up to 70%. The functionality of more complex Y-splitters is demonstrated.
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Reinhardt, C., Seidel, A., Evlyukhin, A. et al. Direct laser-writing of dielectric-loaded surface plasmon–polariton waveguides for the visible and near infrared. Appl. Phys. A 100, 347–352 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-5872-0
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