Hybrid nanoplasmonic-photonic resonators for efficient coupling of light to single plasmonic nanoresonators

© 2011 Optical Society of AmericaThe definitive version of this paper is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.022292DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.022292We show that efficient coupling of lightwave is possible to an individual plasmonic nanoresonator in a hybrid plasmonic-photonic resonator structure. The proposed hybrid structure consists of a photonic microresonator strongly coupled to a plasmonic nanoresonator. The theory and simulation results show that more than 73% of the input power in the waveguide can be coupled to the localized resonance mode of the plasmonic nanoresonator