VOLUME INTEGRAL EQUATIONS FORMULATION FOR PLASMONIC NANO DEVICES IN LAYERED MEDIA

Abstract

This thesis presents a volume integral equation formulation for plasmonic nano devices in planar multilayered media. This integral equation is solved numerically using the Method of Moments (MoM). The proposed formulation is used to study different nano structures immersed inside layered media. The structures include nano-rods in layered medium excited by plane wave, nano patch antenna in layered medium excited by plane wave, nano patch antenna in layered medium excited by transmission line, and two coupled nano patch antennas located at both side of a substrate and excited with transmission lines. The obtained current distributions and S-parameters are compared with those obtained using CST Microwave Studio. A very good agreement is concluded.