We study both experimentally and numerically far-field radiation patterns of single metallic nanowires coupled
to weak confined optical waveguides. The radiation pattern resulting from the interaction of the nanowire and
the optical mode depends strongly on the mode properties (polarization and wavenumber) and on the antenna
properties (material and size). To investigate these phenomena we compare the electric far-field distributions
computed with different numerical methods (Green's tensor technique, rigourous coupled wave method, Fourier
modal method). We also compare simulated results to experimental measurements obtained over a large spectral
domain ranging from 400 nm to 1000 nm. This study should be useful for optimizing nanostructured photonic
circuits elements.
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