Title :
Plasmon resonance induced enhancement of reflection band in a one-dimensional metal nanocomposite photonic crystal
Author :
Husaini, Saima ; Deych, Lev ; Menon, Vinod M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Queens Coll. of the City Univ. of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
A one-dimensional metal nanocomposite-dielectric photonic crystal that shows 200% enhancement of the reflection band due to the interplay between the plasmon resonance of the silver nanoparticles and Bloch modes of the photonic crystal is demonstrated.
Keywords :
nanocomposites; optical multilayers; photonic crystals; plasmonics; reflectivity; silver; surface plasmon resonance; Bloch modes; Si; one dimensional metal nanocomposite-dielectric photonic crystal; plasmon resonance; reflection band enhancement; Nanoparticles; Optical films; Optical reflection; Photonic crystals; Plasmons; Silver;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
