Near-infrared surface plasmon polariton dispersion control with hyperbolic metamaterials

Ting S. Luk; Iltai Kim; Salvatore Campione; Stephen W. Howell; Ganapathi S. Subramania; Robert K. Grubbs; Igal Brener; Hou Tong Chen; Shanhui Fan; Michael B. Sinclair

doi:10.1364/OE.21.011107

Near-infrared surface plasmon polariton dispersion control with hyperbolic metamaterials

Ting S. Luk, Iltai Kim, Salvatore Campione, Stephen W. Howell, Ganapathi S. Subramania, Robert K. Grubbs, Igal Brener, Hou Tong Chen, Shanhui Fan, Michael B. Sinclair

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We demonstrate experimentally signatures and dispersion control of surface plasmon polaritons from 1 to 1.8 μm using periodic multilayer metallo-dielectric hyperbolic metamaterials. The fabricated structures are comprised of smooth films with very low metal filling factor. The measured dispersion properties of these hyperbolic metamaterials agree well with calculations using transfer matrix, finite-difference time-domain, and effective medium approximation methods despite using only 2.5 periods. The enhancement factor in the local photonic density of states from the studied samples in the near-infrared wavelength region is determined to be 2.5-3.5. Development of this type of metamaterial is relevant to sub-wavelength imaging, spontaneous emission and thermophotovoltaic applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11107-11114
Number of pages	8
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	21
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.011107
State	Published - May 6 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Near-infrared surface plasmon polariton dispersion control with hyperbolic metamaterials

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