Dual-band perfect absorption and field enhancement by interaction between localized and propagating surface plasmons in optical metamaterials

Journal of Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Ding, Pei ^a   Liang, Erjun ^b   Cai, Genwang ^b   Hu, Weiqin ^c   Fan, Chunzhen ^b   Xue, Qianzhong ^d  

^a ZHENGZHOU INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

field enhancement; metamaterials; perfect absorption; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC FILMS; METAMATERIALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; RESONANCE; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PLASMONS;

FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FIELD ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; OPTICAL METAMATERIALS; PROPAGATING SURFACE PLASMONS; RESONANCE ABSORPTION; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

PLASMONIC METAMATERIALS;

EID: 79960051465     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/7/075005     Document Type: Article

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