Direct measurements of propagation losses in silver nanowires

Propagation losses of surface plasmons in single silver nanowire waveguides were obtained by measuring light intensity at the end of a silver nanowire. Surface plasmons were excited directly by a tapered fiber. A typical propagation loss of 0.53 dB/εm was obtained.

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