Surface Plasmon Enhanced Heating of Gold Nanoparticles: A Plasmonic Optical Switch

Recent work by Lereu et al. (Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 86, 154101, 2005) demonstrates a method of all-optical transfer of modulation signals using surface plasmon excitation on thin gold films. Localized heating of the film, resulting from surface plasmon decay, alter the optical properties of the devi...

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Main Author: Evans, Philip Gareth
Published: Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange 2007
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Online Access:http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/164