Title :
Effective optical response of noble metal nanoparticle arrays and photonic crystals with embedded nanoparticles
Author :
Lidorikis, E. ; Egusa, S. ; Joannopoulos, J.D.
Author_Institution :
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110, Greece
Abstract :
We numerically extract the effective optical constants of noble metal nanoparticle arrays and use them to study photonic crystals with embedded nanaparticles. We find sharp resonant features such as absorption doubling per nanometer wavelength.
Keywords :
Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Dielectrics; Nanobioscience; Nanoparticles; Optical arrays; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystals; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431672
