Open AccessProgress in terahertz surface plasmonics
Author(s) -
Yue Wang,
Xuan Wang,
Xiaodong He,
Jinshuo Mei,
Minghua Chen,
Jinghua Yin,
Qingquan Liu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.61.137301
Subject(s) - terahertz radiation , metamaterial , plasmon , materials science , photonics , nanotechnology , nanostructure , surface plasmon , fabrication , nanophotonics , microwave , optoelectronics , nanolithography , computer science , telecommunications , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Plasmonics, which deals with the unique optical properties of metallic and semiconductor nanostructure, is one of the most fascinating and fast-moving areas of photonics. Its board scale research in the visible, infrared, terahertz and microwave frequencies has driven by the advances in the micro/nano fabrication and the computational simulation technologies, as well as the potential applications in areas of high sensitivity bio-chemical sensing, sub-wavelength light-guiding, near-field microcopy, and nanolithography. Especially, the development of the artificial metamaterial has laid the good foundation for the material and devices in the terahertz frequency range, which is barely responded by the nature materials, and furthermore, has promoted the progress of terahertz surface plasmonics. In this paper the generation, propagation, new applications, and perspective of terahetz surface plamonics are reviewed and discussed.