• DocumentCode
    1769659
  • Title

    All semiconductor negative-index plasmonic absorbers

  • Author

    Roberts, Clive ; Law, S. ; Kilpatrick, Torin ; Lan Yu ; Ribaudo, Troy ; Shaner, Eric ; Wasserman, D. ; Podolskiy, Viktor

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate all-semiconductor thin-film plasmonic absorbers, where strong absorption in these structures is linked to the excitation of highly-confined negative-index surface plasmon polaritons. We present numerical and analytical descriptions of guided modes of the system.
  • Keywords
    infrared spectra; plasmonics; polaritons; semiconductor thin films; surface plasmons; all-semiconductor thin-film plasmonic absorbers; guided modes; highly-confined negative-index surface plasmon polaritons; semiconductor negative-index plasmonic absorbers; Absorption; Dispersion; Optical buffering; Optical device fabrication; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988470