• DocumentCode
    3398670
  • Title

    Metal nanoparticle and quantum dot metamaterials for near resonant surface plasmon waveguides

  • Author

    Parekh, Devang ; Thylen, Lars ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of California, Berkeley
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    July 29 2007-Aug. 11 2007
  • Firstpage
    150
  • Lastpage
    151
  • Abstract
    We analyze metamaterials based on silver nanospheres hosted in a lossless dielectric for use in high confinement surface plasmon waveguides. Propagation lengths and lateral confinement orders of magnitude better than bulk materials are shown.
  • Keywords
    light propagation; metamaterials; nanoparticles; optical waveguides; semiconductor quantum dots; silver; surface plasmons; lateral confinement orders; lossless dielectric; metal nanoparticle; near resonant surface plasmon waveguides; propagation lengths; quantum dot metamaterials; silver nanospheres; Dielectric constant; Dielectric losses; Dielectric materials; Metamaterials; Plasmons; Quantum computing; Quantum dots; Resonance; Silver; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop, 2007. i-NOW '07. International
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1591-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INOW.2007.4302926
  • Filename
    4302926