Abstract
We demonstrate near field enhancement generation in silver nanoantenna-superlens systems via numerical modeling. Using near-field interference and global optimization algorithms, we can design nanoantenna-superlens systems with mismatched permittivities, whose performance can match those with matched permittivities. The systems studied here may find broad applications in the fields of sensing, such as field-enhanced fluorescence and surface-enhanced Raman scattering, and the methodology used here can be applied to the designing and optimization of other devices, such as two-dimensional near field focusing lens. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4732793]
Keywords
SINGLE-MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; FRACTAL CLUSTERS; RESONANCE; NANOPARTICLES; EXCITATION; EMISSION; RAMAN
DOI
10.1063/1.4732793
Citation
Zhengtong Liu, Erping Li, Vladimir M. Shalaev and Alexander V. Kildishev. Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 021109 (2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4732793
Date of this Version
7-9-2012
Recommended Citation
Liu, Zhengtong; Li, Erping; Shalaev, Vladimir M.; and Kildishev, Alexander V., "Near field enhancement in silver nanoantenna-superlens systems" (2012). Birck and NCN Publications. Paper 1159.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4732793
Comments
Copyright (2012) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 021109 (2012) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4732793. The following article has been submitted to/accepted by Applied Physics Letters. Copyright (2012) Zhengtong Liu, Erping Li, Vladimir M. Shalaev and Alexander V. Kildishev. This article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License