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- Title
Optical Response of Silver Nanoneedles on a Mirror.
- Authors
Keeman, Arjan; Kooij, E.; Dam, Dick; Schropp, Ruud; Di Vece, Marcel
- Abstract
Plasmonic properties of metal nanostructures are appealing due to their potential to enhance photovoltaics or sensing performance. Our aim was to identify the plasmonic characteristics of silver nanoneedles on a reflective layer in the polarized optical response. Experimental ellipsometry results are complemented by finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) calculations. Plasmon resonances on the nanoneedles can indeed be observed in the polarized optical response. This study reveals the details of the complex antenna-like behaviour of the nanoneedles which gives an agreement between experiment and FDTD simulation. The simulations show that the plasmon resonances lead to an effective negative refractive index, originating from the negative refractive index of the nanoneedles in combination with its supporting substrate, i.e. a mirror. This original study of a complex plasmonic system by ellipsometry and FDTD has great relevance for applications, making use of intricate light matter interaction.
- Subjects
SILVER; PHOTOVOLTAIC power generation; ELLIPSOMETRY; REFRACTIVE index; LIGHT matter interaction (Quantum optics)
- Publication
Plasmonics, 2015, Vol 10, Issue 5, p1089
- ISSN
1557-1955
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11468-015-9900-y