Title :
Surface plasmon polaritons in silver-gold sandwich structure
Author :
Zhu, G. ; Li, H. ; Clavero, C. ; Yang, K. ; Lukaszew, A. ; Podolskiy, V.A. ; Noginov, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Center for Mater. Res., Norfolk State Univ., Norfolk, VA, USA
Abstract :
We propose to use silver/gold sandwich structures to combine the advantages of silver and gold - two materials of choice for nanoplasmonics and metamaterials. We report on the preparation, characterization, and theoretical modeling of the proposed system.
Keywords :
gold; metamaterials; nanophotonics; optical materials; plasmonics; polaritons; sandwich structures; silver; surface plasmons; Au-Ag; metamaterials; nanoplasmonics; optical fabrication; silver-gold sandwich structure; surface plasmon polaritons; Educational institutions; Gold; Metamaterials; Optical films; Permittivity; Physics; Plasmons; Reflectivity; Sandwich structures; Silver; (160. 3900) Metals; (160.3918) Metamaterials; (350.4238) Nanophotonics and photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
