General properties of surface modes in binary metal-dielectric metamaterials

被引:10
作者
Nam, Sung Hyun [1 ]
Ulin-Avila, Erick [1 ]
Bartal, Guy [1 ]
Zhang, Xiang [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, NSF Nanoscale Sci & Engn Ctr NSEC, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Div Mat Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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D O I
10.1364/OE.18.025627
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present general properties of surface modes in binary metal-dielectric metamaterials. We show mechanism for surface mode formation and analyze their existence conditions for semi-infinite metamaterials in the frame of couple mode theory. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America
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页码:25627 / 25632
页数:6
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