• DocumentCode
    444054
  • Title

    Enhanced optical fields and mixing of trapped plasmons in reproducibly engineered spherical nano-cavities

  • Author

    Keif, T. ; Sugawara, Y. ; Baumberg, J.J. ; Abdelsalam, M. ; Bartlett, P.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    99
  • Abstract
    Metal nano-scale spherical voids embedded in thin films exhibit strong plasmon resonances that are tuneable using structural parameters of our 3D assembly process. Localised void plasmons possessing large field enhancements strongly couple to incident light.
  • Keywords
    metallic thin films; nanostructured materials; optical films; surface plasmon resonance; engineered spherical nanocavity; enhanced optical field; incident light; localised void plasmon; metal nanoscale spherical voids; plasmon resonance; thin films; trapped plasmon mixing; Charge carrier processes; Geometry; Gold; Optical films; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Resonance; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548688
  • Filename
    1548688