Title :
Plasmonic left-handed materials in optics
Author :
Sarychev, A.K. ; Podolskiy, V.A. ; Shalaev, V.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Left-handed materials with negative refraction in the optical range are proposed based on metal nanowire structures. The optical properties of such nanocomposites and their novel applications are also discussed.
Keywords :
magnetic permeability; nanocomposites; nanowires; optical materials; permittivity; plasmons; polaritons; refractive index; coupled-dipole equations; dielectric permittivity; discrete dipole approximation; magnetic permeability; metal nanowire structures; negative refraction; plasmon polariton modes; plasmonic left-handed materials; telecommunication wavelength; Dielectric materials; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Nonlinear optics; Optical computing; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Permeability; Permittivity; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-749-0
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2003.238221
