Title :
Propagation of surface plasmon-polaritons in linear chains of metallic nanoparticles embedded in a gain medium
Author :
Udagedara, Indika B. ; Rukhlenko, Ivan D. ; Premaratne, Malin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, VIC, Australia
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
We analyze the two different types of complex solutions to the dispersion equation of surface plasmon-polaritons residing in a linear chain of metallic nanoparticles in the presence of gain in the host medium.
Keywords :
metallic thin films; nanoparticles; polaritons; surface electromagnetic waves; surface plasmons; dispersion equation; gain medium; metallic nanoparticles; surface plasmon-polaritons propagation; Dispersion; Equations; Mathematical model; Nanoparticles; Optical polarization; Optical surface waves; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193631
