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

doi:10.1557/proc-777-t7.1

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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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 language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	129-140
Number of pages	12
Journal	Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Volume	777
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-777-t7.1
State	Published - 2003
Event	Nanostructuring Materials with Energetic Beams - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: Apr 22 2003 → Apr 23 2003

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Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
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