Title :
Metal nanoparticle and quantum dot metamaterials for near resonant surface plasmon waveguides
Author :
Parekh, Devang ; Thylen, Lars ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Berkeley
fDate :
July 29 2007-Aug. 11 2007
Abstract :
We analyze metamaterials based on silver nanospheres hosted in a lossless dielectric for use in high confinement surface plasmon waveguides. Propagation lengths and lateral confinement orders of magnitude better than bulk materials are shown.
Keywords :
light propagation; metamaterials; nanoparticles; optical waveguides; semiconductor quantum dots; silver; surface plasmons; lateral confinement orders; lossless dielectric; metal nanoparticle; near resonant surface plasmon waveguides; propagation lengths; quantum dot metamaterials; silver nanospheres; Dielectric constant; Dielectric losses; Dielectric materials; Metamaterials; Plasmons; Quantum computing; Quantum dots; Resonance; Silver; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop, 2007. i-NOW '07. International
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1591-5
DOI :
10.1109/INOW.2007.4302926
