Plasmon Resonant Cavities in Vertical Nanowire Arrays
Author(s) -
Mihail Bora,
Benjamin J. Fasenfest,
Elaine Behymer,
Allan Chang,
Hoàng Tùng Nguyễn,
Jerald A. Britten,
Cindy Larson,
James W. Chan,
Robin Miles,
Tiziana C. Bond
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.853
H-Index - 488
eISSN - 1530-6992
pISSN - 1530-6984
DOI - 10.1021/nl1008376
Subject(s) - nanowire , plasmon , materials science , waveguide , planar , surface plasmon , surface plasmon polariton , wavelength , dispersion relation , optics , localized surface plasmon , nanophotonics , node (physics) , surface plasmon resonance , optoelectronics , dispersion (optics) , dielectric , nanotechnology , physics , nanoparticle , computer graphics (images) , quantum mechanics , computer science
We investigate tunable plasmon resonant cavity arrays in paired parallel nanowire waveguides. Resonances are observed when the waveguide length is an odd multiple of quarter plasmon wavelengths, consistent with boundary conditions of node and antinode at the ends. Two nanowire waveguides satisfy the dispersion relation of a planar metal-dielectric-metal waveguide of equivalent width equal to the square field average weighted gap. Confinement factors over 10(3) are possible due to plasmon focusing in the interwire space.
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