Journal
ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS
Volume 9, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202001467
Keywords
electromagnetic hot spots; field enhancement; self‐ assembled nanoantennas
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- EPSRC [EP/M013812/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Dispersion engineering in plasmonic metamaterials has been applied to develop a coupled array of plasmonic-dielectric nanoantennas with ultrahigh density of electromagnetic hot spots, which can be used in various applications including hot-electron generation, nanoscale light sources, sensors, as well as nonlinear and memristive devices.
Strong electromagnetic field confinement and enhancement can be readily achieved in plasmonic nanoantennas, however, this is considerably more difficult to realize over large areas, which is essential for many applications. Here, dispersion engineering in plasmonic metamaterials is applied to successfully develop and demonstrate a coupled array of plasmonic-dielectric nanoantennas offering an ultrahigh density of electromagnetic hot spots (10(11) cm(-2)) over macroscopic, centimeter scale areas. The hetero-metamaterial is formed by a highly ordered array of vertically standing plasmonic dipolar antennas with a ZnO gap and fabricated using a scalable electrodeposition technique. It supports a complex modal structure, including guided, surface and gap modes, which offers rich opportunities, frequently beyond the local effective medium theory, with optical properties that can be easily controlled and defined at the fabrication stage. This metamaterial platform can be used in a wide variety of applications, including hot-electron generation, nanoscale light sources, sensors, as well as nonlinear and memristive devices.
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