Title :
A Study of Metallic Photonic Nanowires Made from Photonic Crystals
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON
Abstract :
We have studied the effect of the plasmons on the optoelectronic properties of metallic photonic nanowires. The metallic wires are made from a dielectric photonic crystal and a metallic photonic crystal where the later is embedded into the former. The bound photon states are present in the metallic photonic wire. An ensemble of three-level nanoparticles is doped into the metallic photonic crystal. A transparent state is found in the system due to the nanoparticles and the bound photons coupling. This state can be switched to a new position by changing the plasmon frequency of metallic photonic crystal. This mechanism can be used to make new types of optoelectronic devices.
Keywords :
dielectric materials; laser beam applications; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical materials; optoelectronic devices; photonic crystals; plasmons; quantum wires; bound photon coupling; dielectric photonic crystal; metallic photonic nanowire; nanophotonic device; optoelectronic property; photonic quantum wire; plasmon frequency; probe laser; three-level nanoparticle; Crystalline materials; Dielectric materials; Frequency; Nanoparticles; Nanowires; Optical materials; Photonic crystals; Plasmons; Refractive index; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
PhotonicsGlobal@Singapore, 2008. IPGC 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3901-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2906-6
DOI :
10.1109/IPGC.2008.4781339
