A study of plasmonic enhanced transmission effects in nano-optics
This project was a numerical study of the behavior of surface plasmons in nano-systems, focusing on the interaction between plasmons, light, and nano-scale structures such as nano-scale metallic wires and quantum wires/dots. The primary results of the project included: a) the demonstration of the use of surface plasmons to modify the spatial coherence of a light wave, b) the demonstration of a feasible plasmonic superresolved readout system, and c) the demonstration of a Plasmonic Zeno effect, in which the attenuation of a light wave in metal is suppressed by breaking up the metal into a collection of structured layers. The integration of quantum wire/dot effects with the plasmonic simulations proved to be harder than expected, in large part due to the lack of accurate and simple quantum dot models.
- Research Organization:
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-06ER46329
- OSTI ID:
- 1033563
- Report Number(s):
- XX
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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