Title : 
The role of kinetic inductance in metal optics
         
        
            Author : 
Staffaroni, Matteo ; Yablonovitch, Eli
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
EECS Dept., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A simple LC circuit model recovers the surface plasmon dispersion relation. The model clearly reveals the role of kinetic inductance in shaping the dispersion and other key properties of surface plasmons.
         
        
            Keywords : 
inductance; optical dispersion; surface plasmons; LC circuit model; kinetic inductance; metal optics; surface plasmon dispersion; Dispersion; Inductance; Integrated circuit modeling; Metals; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Surface waves;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Baltimore, MD
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-1223-4