PECULIAR PROPERTIES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION PROPAGATION IN PHOTONIC CRYSTALLINE METAL-DIELECTRIC SYSTEMS BASED ON OPALS

Author(s):  
S. D. Khanin ◽  
A. I. Vanin ◽  
Yu. A. Kumzerov ◽  
V. G. Solovyev ◽  
A. V. Cvetkov ◽  
...  

The article studies the propagation of electromagnetic waves in metal-dielectric systems based on opals. We revealed anomalous transmission and absorption of light by hybrid plasmon- photonic layered heterostructures associated with the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons propagating along the metal-dielectric interface. The position of maxima in the reflection spectra of nanocomposites, obtained by filling the opal matrix with metal by the electrothermodiffusion method, is explained by the Bragg diffraction, and the asymmetric form of the spectral curves is attributed to the Fano resonance.

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 770
Author(s):  
А.И. Ванин ◽  
А.Е. Лукин ◽  
С.Г. Романов ◽  
В.Г. Соловьeв ◽  
С.Д. Ханин ◽  
...  

AbstractOptical properties of novel metal–dielectric nanocomposite materials based on opal matrices have been investigated. The position of optical resonances of nanocomposites, obtained by embedding of silver into the opal matrix by the electrothermodiffusion method, is explained by the Bragg diffraction, and an asymmetric form of resonance curves is attributed to the Fano resonance. An anomalous transmission and absorption of light by hybrid plasmon-photonic layered heterostructures, which is apparently associated with excitation of surface plasmon-polaritons, propagating along “metal–dielectric” interfaces, was revealed.


2022 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 291
Author(s):  
С.Д. Ханин ◽  
А.И. Ванин ◽  
Ю.А. Кумзеров ◽  
В.Г. Соловьев ◽  
А.В. Цветков ◽  
...  

The possibilities of practical implementation of physical approaches to the design of metal-dielectric photonic crystal systems based on opals, which allow controlling the propagation of electromagnetic waves, are shown. The implemented approaches are based on the effects of excitation of surface plasmon-polaritons capable of propagating along the metal-dielectric interface in plasmonic-photonic layered heterostructures, and modification of the photonic-energy structure of the nanocomposite as a result of dispersion of silver in the opal matrix. Experimental results are presented indicating the occurrence of extraordinary transmission and absorption of light in plasmonic-photonic heterostructures, as well as the asymmetric shape of curves in the reflection spectra of nanocomposites, which is associated with the Fano resonance.


2020 ◽  
Vol 128 (12) ◽  
pp. 1919
Author(s):  
А.И. Ванин ◽  
Ю.А. Кумзеров ◽  
С.Г. Романов ◽  
В.Г. Соловьев ◽  
С.Д. Ханин ◽  
...  

An experimental study of the optical properties of two types of metal-dielectric composites based on opal matrices was carried out: 1) layered structures obtained by successive deposition of metal and dielectric films on a monolayer of opal globules, where extraordinary transmission and extraordinary absorption of light were detected due to the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons of various types; 2) "massive" opal samples, which were infilled with metal by electrothermodiffusion, where an asymmetric form of Bragg resonance curves was observed, due to the Fano resonance.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. e1501574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Christine Dheur ◽  
Eloïse Devaux ◽  
Thomas W. Ebbesen ◽  
Alexandre Baron ◽  
Jean-Claude Rodier ◽  
...  

Surface plasmon polaritons are electromagnetic waves coupled to collective electron oscillations propagating along metal-dielectric interfaces, exhibiting a bosonic character. Recent experiments involving surface plasmons guided by wires or stripes allowed the reproduction of quantum optics effects, such as antibunching with a single surface plasmon state, coalescence with a two-plasmon state, conservation of squeezing, or entanglement through plasmonic channels. We report the first direct demonstration of the wave-particle duality for a single surface plasmon freely propagating along a planar metal-air interface. We develop a platform that enables two complementary experiments, one revealing the particle behavior of the single-plasmon state through antibunching, and the other one where the interferences prove its wave nature. This result opens up new ways to exploit quantum conversion effects between different bosonic species as shown here with photons and polaritons.


Author(s):  
V.L. Veisman ◽  
S.G. Romanov ◽  
V.G. Solovyev ◽  
M.V. Yanikov

<p class="R-AbstractKeywords"><span lang="EN-US">Novel nanocomposite materials <em>Ag / opal</em> have been prepared by electro-thermo-diffusion of silver in opal template. Optical properties of these photonic crystals have been studied by angle-resolved reflectance spectroscopy. Interpretation of the observed optical spectra has been made on the basis of the Bragg diffraction and the Fano resonance</span><span lang="EN-US">between diffracted in <em>Ag / opal</em> composite photonic crystal electromagnetic waves and those resonantly scattered by silver dendrites.</span></p>


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruoxi Yang ◽  
Zhaolin Lu

With the fast development of microfabrication technology and advanced computational tools, nanophotonics has been widely studied for high-speed data transmission, sensitive optical detection, manipulation of ultrasmall objects, and visualization of nanoscale patterns. As an important branch of nanophotonics, plasmonics has enabled light-matter interactions at a deep subwavelength length scale. Plasmonics, or surface plasmon based photonics, focus on how to exploit the optical property of metals with abundant free electrons and hence negative permittivity. The oscillation of free electrons, when properly driven by electromagnetic waves, would form plasmon-polaritons in the vicinity of metal surfaces and potentially result in extreme light confinement. The objective of this article is to review the progress of subwavelength or deep subwavelength plasmonic waveguides, and fabrication techniques of plasmonic materials.


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