Title :
Field Enhancement in Deterministic Aperiodic Arrays of Metal Nanoparticles
Author :
Gopinath, Ashwin ; Feng, Ning-Ning ; Negro, Luca Dal
Author_Institution :
Boston Univ., Boston
Abstract :
We investigate near-field electromagnetic coupling and local optical field enhancement in deterministically generated two-dimensional aperiodic arrays of metal nanoparticles. We show that deep sub wavelength-localized plasmonic states can be achieved using aperiodic structures.
Keywords :
localised states; nanoparticles; optical arrays; plasmons; deep subwavelength-localized plasmonic states; deterministically generated two-dimensional aperiodic arrays; local optical field enhancement; metal nanoparticles; near-field electromagnetic coupling; Electromagnetic coupling; Finite difference methods; Fractals; Nanoparticles; Nanoscale devices; Optical arrays; Plasmons; Random media; Resonance; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382478
