Tailoring alphabetical metamaterials in optical frequency: Plasmonic coupling, dispersion, and sensing

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3796-3806

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Cao, Cuong ^a,f   Xu, Xinlong ^b   Liow, Chihao ^c   Li, Shuzhou ^c   Tan, Pingheng ^d   Xiong, Qihua ^a,e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alphabetical metamaterials; optical frequency; plasmonic coupling; surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS); surface plasmon polaritons; tunable optical response

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REFRACTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY; OPTICAL RESPONSE; PLASMONIC COUPLING; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

INVISIBILITY CLOAKS;

EID: 84899430256     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn500527f     Document Type: Article

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