Plamonics for Biomolecular Sensors and THz Metamaterial Waveguides (Near and Far-Field Interfaces to DNA. Guided Nanostructures from RF to Lightwave: Exploiting the Spectrum)

Abstract

In THz frequencies, the textured surfaces on a subwavelength scale can support surface bound modes named spoofed surface plasmon polariton (SSPP) modes. Such modes mimic the common optical surface plasmon mode traveling at dielectric-metal interface, and therefore have similar mode profiles with strongly confined field and localized energy distribution. Specifically, when SSPP architectures are combined with dielectric loadings with distinctive material parameters, sample differentiation can be realized by tracking the shifted spectral output of the structure, making it a good candidate for various sensing applications. Furthermore, SSPP concept can be applied to various signal-processing components such as frequency selective filters and multiplexers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 17, 2014
Accession Number
ADA623782

Entities

People

  • Pinaki Mazumder

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Gaps
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Dielectrics
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Energy Bands
  • Fabrication
  • Mach Zehnder Interferometers
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Metamaterials
  • Physical Vapor Deposition
  • Polaritons
  • Resonance
  • Surface Plasmon Polaritons
  • Surface Plasmons
  • Terahertz Metamaterials

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics