Title :
Mechanical tuning of surface plasmon in flexible gold nanograting
Author :
Cui, Yonghao ; Tamma, Venkata Ananth ; Park, Wounjhang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Comput. & Energy Eng., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We present design, fabrication and characterization of mechanically tunable gold nanograting structure. As the period of the flexible gold grating was tuned mechanically, shift in surface plasmon coupling condition led to tuning of resonant wavelength.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; gold; optical fabrication; surface plasmons; tuning; flexible gold grating; gold nanograting structure; mechanical tuning; surface plasmon coupling condition; Gold; Gratings; Nanostructures; Optical device fabrication; Optical surface waves; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
