Electromagnetic characterization of a silver nanowire grating embedded into a dielectric slab

Author

Byelobrov, Volodymyr O. ; Benson, T.M. ; Nosich, Alexander I.

Author_Institution

Lab. of Micro & Nano-Opt., Inst. of Radio-Phys. & Electron., Kharkiv, Ukraine

fYear

2013

fDate

16-19 April 2013

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

72

Abstract

The electromagnetic properties of a silver nanowire grating embedded into a dielectric slab are investigated, using a Maxwellian formalism, to determine and distinguish effects caused by the structure periodicity and by the presence of silver wires which entail plasmon resonances. The interaction of these two effects gives an opportunity to control the qualitative characteristics of the plasmon resonance while the variation of the slab refractive index allows managing its wavelength.

Keywords

dielectric materials; diffraction gratings; nanophotonics; nanowires; refractive index; silver; surface plasmon resonance; Ag; Maxwellian formalism; dielectric slab; electromagnetic characterization; embedded silver nanowire grating; plasmon resonances; qualitative characteristics; slab refractive index; structure periodicity; Dielectrics; Gratings; Plasmons; Reflectivity; Refractive index; Silver; Slabs; grating; plasmon resonance; sub-wavelength wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and Nanotechnology (ELNANO), 2013 IEEE XXXIII International Scientific Conference

Conference_Location

Kiev

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4669-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ELNANO.2013.6552025

Filename

6552025