Abstract
Spoof surface plasmons in corrugated metal surfaces allow tight field confinement and guiding even at low frequencies and are promising for compact microwave photonic devices. Here, we use metal-ink printing on flexible substrates to construct compact spoof plasmon resonators. We clearly observe multipole resonances in the microwave frequencies and demonstrate that they are still maintained even under significant bending. Moreover, by combining two resonators of slightly different sizes, we demonstrate spectral filtering via the Vernier effect. We selectively address a target higher-order resonance while suppressing the other modes. Finally, we investigate the index-sensing capability of printed plasmonic resonators. In the Vernier structure, we can control the resonance amplitude and frequency by adjusting a resonance overlap between two coupled resonators. The transmission amplitude can be maximized at a target refractive index, and this can provide more functionalities and increased design flexibility. The metal-ink printing of microwave photonic structures can be applied to various flexible devices. Therefore, we expect that the compact, flexible plasmonic structures demonstrated in this study may be useful for highly functional elements that can enable tight field confinement and manipulation.
Highlights
Spoof surface plasmons in corrugated metal surfaces allow tight field confinement and guiding even at low frequencies and are promising for compact microwave photonic devices
The effective medium plasmonic metamaterials can be designed, and tight field confinement and manipulation can be still utilized in the low frequency region along with long propagation lengths of spoof SPPs
Spoof plasmon structures can be applied to localized geometries, which are similar to localized surface plasmons (LSPs) at optical frequencies[10]
Summary
Spoof surface plasmons in corrugated metal surfaces allow tight field confinement and guiding even at low frequencies and are promising for compact microwave photonic devices. We expect that the compact, flexible plasmonic structures demonstrated in this study may be useful for highly functional elements that can enable tight field confinement and manipulation. At low frequencies, electromagnetic fields cannot penetrate into metals, and the plasmonic response and tight field confinement cannot be obtained. The electromagnetic response of surface waves on corrugated metal surfaces can be controlled and designed by corrugation geometry Such surface waves can be described by the dispersion relation similar to SPPs at optical frequencies. Spoof surface plasmons can allow tight field confinement and guiding even in the low frequency region, such as the microwave region. There are strong and urgent needs for highly functional microwave photonic structures, such as antennas, filters, and sensors, in printed, low-cost flexible devices
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