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An Unusual Marriage: Coupling Molecular Excitons to Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Metal Nanostructures
Author(s) -
Vasa Parinda,
Lienau Christoph
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201000178
Subject(s) - exciton , nanostructure , plasmon , polariton , surface plasmon polariton , coupling (piping) , materials science , optoelectronics , surface plasmon , ultrashort pulse , semiconductor , nanotechnology , laser , optics , condensed matter physics , physics , metallurgy
A wavy couple : Hybrid systems that consist of metallic nanostructures and active media, such as semiconductor nanostructures or molecular aggregates, may find interesting applications as nanometer‐sized waveguides for light (see picture), ultrafast optical switches, or novel types of nanolasers.