Title :
Thickness dependent behavior of surface plasmon polaritons in layered media
Author :
Alparslan, Aytag ; Aksun, M.I.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Electromagn. Fields & Microwave Electron. (IFH), ETH Zurich, Zurich
Abstract :
Dependence of the wave vectors of the surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) to the thickness of the metal or left handed material (LHM) layer is studied in metallic and LHM slabs sandwiched between two different media. A critical thickness for the slab is defined, beyond which the SPP wave vectors for the slab can be accurately approximated by the commonly used wave-vector expression obtained for a dielectric-metal or dielectric-LHM configuration.
Keywords :
metamaterials; polaritons; surface plasmons; dielectric-metal; layered media; left handed material; surface plasmon polaritons; wave vectors; Dielectrics; Fresnel reflection; Laboratories; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical reflection; Permeability; Permittivity; Plasmons; Slabs; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
PhotonicsGlobal@Singapore, 2008. IPGC 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3901-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2906-6
DOI :
10.1109/IPGC.2008.4781349
