Wavelength Multiplexed Optical Storage in Plasmonic Gold Nanorods

Author

Zijlstra, Peter ; Chon, James W.M. ; Gu, Min

Author_Institution

Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Melbourne

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper we propose the use of wavelength as an extra recording dimension by exploiting the plasmonic properties of anisotropic gold nanorods. The wavelength of the longitudinal absorption band can be tuned from the visible to near infrared wavelength region by changing the aspect ratio of the nanorod. Data bits are recorded by femtosecond laser induced reshaping of nanorods in the focal volume. The data can be read out in transmission by monitoring the change in absorption at the recording wavelength.

Keywords

gold; high-speed optical techniques; nanostructured materials; optical pulse shaping; optical storage; optical wavelength conversion; plasmonics; Au; aspect ratios; data bits; femtosecond laser induced reshaping; focal volume; longitudinal absorption band wavelength; near infrared region; plasmonic gold nanorods; visible region; wavelength-multiplexed optical storage; CD recording; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Gold; Holography; Optical polymers; Optical recording; Plasmons; Self-assembly; Silicon compounds; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386059

Filename

4386059