Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 9783319975269
3319975269
9783319975276
3319975277
9783319975252
3319975250
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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| Notes: | "Doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK."
Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 21, 2018).
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| Summary: | Advances in understanding the interactions between light and subwavelength materials have enabled the author and his collaborators to tailor unique optical responses at the nanoscale. In particular, metallic nanostructures capable of supporting surface plasmons can be designed to possess spectrally narrow plasmon resonances, which are of particular interest due to their exceptional sensitivity to their local environment. In turn, combining plasmonic nanostructures with other materials in hybrid systems allows this sensitivity to be exploited in a broad range of applications. In this book the author explores two different approaches to attaining narrow plasmon resonances: in gold nanoparticle arrays by utilising diffraction coupling, and in copper thin films covered by a protective graphene layer. The performance of these resonances is then considered in a number of applications. Nanoparticle arrays are used along with an atomic heterostructure as elements in a nanomechanical electro-optical modulator that is capable of strong, broadband modulation. Strong coupling between diffraction-coupled plasmon resonances and a gold nanoparticle array and guided modes in a dielectric slab is used to construct a hybrid waveguide. Lastly, the extreme phase sensitivity of graphene-protected copper is used to detect trace quantities of small toxins in solution far below the detection limit of commercial surface plasmon resonance sensors.
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| Other form: | Print version: Thomas, Philip A. Narrow plasmon resonances in hybrid systems. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2018 3319975250 9783319975252
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| Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-319-97526-9
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