• DocumentCode
    732591
  • Title

    High-contrast nanoparticle sensing using a hyperbolic metamaterial

  • Author

    Ting Xu ; Wenqi Zhu ; Agrawal, Amit ; Lezec, Henri J.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Nanoscale Sci. & Technol., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Using planar hyperbolic metamaterials composed of alternating layers of metal (Ag) and dielectric (SiO2), we demonstrate a transmission device for nanoparticle sensing that exhibits extremely high optical contrast.
  • Keywords
    light transmission; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; nanosensors; optical metamaterials; optical sensors; photodetectors; silicon compounds; silver; Ag; SiO2; dielectric silica; exhibits extremely high optical contrast; high-contrast nanoparticle sensing; optical transmission device; planar hyperbolic metamaterials; silver; Hidden Markov models; Metamaterials; Nanoparticles; Optical imaging; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183025