Engineering the propagation of high-k bulk plasmonic waves in multilayer hyperbolic metamaterials by multiscale structuring

Sergei V. Zhukovsky; Andrei V. Lavrinenko; J. E. Sipe

doi:10.1117/12.2033516

11 October 2013 Engineering the propagation of high-k bulk plasmonic waves in multilayer hyperbolic metamaterials by multiscale structuring

Sergei V. Zhukovsky, Andrei V. Lavrinenko, J. E. Sipe

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Proceedings Volume 8915, Photonics North 2013; 891512 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2033516
Event: Photonics North 2013, 2013, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

Propagation of large-wavevector bulk plasmonic waves in multilayer hyperbolic metamaterials (HMMs) with two levels of structuring is theoretically studied. It is shown that when the parameters of a subwavelength metal-dielectric multilayer (“substructure”) are modulated (“superstructured”) on a larger, wavelength scale, the propagation of bulk plasmon polaritons in the resulting multiscale HMM is subject to photonic band gap phenomena. A great degree of control over such plasmons can be exerted by varying the superstructure geometry. As an example, Bragg reflection and Fabry-Perot resonances are demonstrated in multiscale HMMs with periodic superstructures. More complicated, aperiodically ordered superstructures are also considered, with fractal Cantor-like multiscale HMMs exhibiting characteristic self-similar spectral signatures in the high-k band. The multiscale HMM concept is shown to be a promising platform for using high-k bulk plasmonic waves as a new kind of information carriers, which can be used in far-field subwavelength imaging and plasmonic communication.

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Sergei V. Zhukovsky, Andrei V. Lavrinenko, and J. E. Sipe "Engineering the propagation of high-k bulk plasmonic waves in multilayer hyperbolic metamaterials by multiscale structuring", Proc. SPIE 8915, Photonics North 2013, 891512 (11 October 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2033516

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