Energy transport in metal nanoparticle plasmon waveguides

Stefan A. Maier, Pieter G. Kik, Luke A. Sweatlock, Harry A. Atwater, J. J. Penninkhof, A. Polman, Sheffer Meltzer, Elad Harel, Ari A.G. Requicha, Bruce E. Koel

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Abstract

We investigate the optical properties of arrays of closely spaced metal nanoparticles in view of their potential to guide electromagnetic energy with a lateral mode confinement below the diffraction limit of light. Finite-difference time-domain simulations of short arrays of noble metal nanospheres show that electromagnetic pulses at optical frequencies can propagate along the arrays due to near-field interactions between plasmon-polariton modes of adjacent nanoparticles. Near-field microscopy enables the study of energy transport in these plasmon waveguides and shows experimental evidence for energy propagation over a distance of 0.5 μm for plasmon waveguides consisting of spheroidal silver particles fabricated using electron beam lithography.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)129-140
Number of pages12
JournalMaterials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Volume777
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes
EventNanostructuring Materials with Energetic Beams - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: Apr 22 2003Apr 23 2003

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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