Development of Surface Plasmons/Electro Optic Devices for Active Control of Optical Characteristics

Abstract

We are designing and fabricating arrays of subwavelength SP structures in metal films and combining these structures with EO polymers to understand the interaction of the EO polymer with the enhanced electric fields of the plasmons. We have designed and modeled resonance structures to maximize extraordinary transmittance. We are making a systematic study of SP structure shapes by studying circular holes, elliptical holes and slits. Initially we have fabricated and begun optical evaluation of subwavelength slits in gold films. Slits with 32 nm width and 120nm width have been fabricated by a focused ion beam system. Preliminary optical transmittance measurements in the visible and NIR are underway and will be compared to theoretical modeling.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA505866

Entities

People

  • Ilia N Ivanov
  • Jason D. Fowlkes
  • M. Scalora
  • Marco Centini
  • Maria A. Vincenti
  • Milan C. Buncick
  • Neset Akozbek
  • Paul R. Ashley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Crystals
  • Electromagnetic Metamaterials
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Equations
  • Films
  • Ion Beams
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Metamaterials
  • Optical Materials
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Surface Plasmons
  • Transmittance
  • Tunable Metamaterials

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.