Title :
THz surface plasmons on 1D plasmonic metamaterials with disorder
Author :
Jin-Kyu So ; Gun-Sik Park
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Seoul Nat. Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
The excitation of propagating THz surface plasmons on 1D plasmonic metamaterials with disorder is studied using convection electrons. The introduction of disorder is found to support non-Bloch surface plasmons and reduce the mode competition between the excited surface plasmons.
Keywords :
excited states; metamaterials; plasmonics; surface plasmons; terahertz wave spectra; 1D plasmonic metamaterials; convection electrons; disorder; excitation; excited surface plasmons; mode competition; nonBloch surface plasmons; propagating terahertz surface plasmons; Dispersion; Geometry; Metamaterials; Optimized production technology; Particle beams; Plasmons; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6655-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612728