Title :
All semiconductor negative-index plasmonic absorbers
Author :
Roberts, Clive ; Law, S. ; Kilpatrick, Torin ; Lan Yu ; Ribaudo, Troy ; Shaner, Eric ; Wasserman, D. ; Podolskiy, Viktor
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-semiconductor thin-film plasmonic absorbers, where strong absorption in these structures is linked to the excitation of highly-confined negative-index surface plasmon polaritons. We present numerical and analytical descriptions of guided modes of the system.
Keywords :
infrared spectra; plasmonics; polaritons; semiconductor thin films; surface plasmons; all-semiconductor thin-film plasmonic absorbers; guided modes; highly-confined negative-index surface plasmon polaritons; semiconductor negative-index plasmonic absorbers; Absorption; Dispersion; Optical buffering; Optical device fabrication; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
