Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jul 4, 2026

Utilization of Plasmonic and Photonic Crystal Nanostructures for Enhanced Micro- and Nanoparticle Manipulation

Utilization of Plasmonic and Photonic Crystal Nanostructures for Enhanced Micro- and Nanoparticle Manipulation

Published on: September 27, 2011

Plasmon guided modes in nanoparticle metamaterials.

R Sainidou¹, García F J de Abajo

¹Instituto de Optica-CSIC, Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain.

|June 11, 2008

Summary

Researchers discovered new surface modes in nanostructured metallic metamaterials. These modes offer greater confinement than plasmons and enable efficient TE-polarized wave guiding in novel dielectric-like metamaterials.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Observation of nonreciprocal propagation for guided Lamb modes in piezoelectric phononic crystalsa).

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2025

Same author

A new class of tunable hypersonic phononic crystals based on polymer-tethered colloids.

Nature communications·2015

Same author

Collective hypersonic excitations in strongly multiple scattering colloids.

Physical review letters·2011

Same author

Optically tunable surfaces with trapped particles in microcavities.

Physical review letters·2008

Same author

The "music" of core-shell spheres and hollow capsules: influence of the architecture on the mechanical properties at the nanoscale.

Nano letters·2008

Same author

Simultaneous occurrence of structure-directed and particle-resonance-induced phononic gaps in colloidal films.

Physical review letters·2008

Area of Science:

* Physics and Materials Science
* Nanophotonics and Metamaterials

Background:

* Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are TM-polarized electromagnetic waves confined to continuous metal surfaces.
* Existing metallic waveguides offer limited confinement for SPPs.
* Nanostructured metallic systems present opportunities for novel optical phenomena.

Purpose of the Study:

* To investigate surface modes in nanostructured metallic metamaterial films.
* To compare the confinement properties of these new modes with traditional plasmons.
* To explore the potential for TE-polarized wave guiding in nanostructured systems.

Main Methods:

* Fabrication of planar arrays of nearly-touching metallic nanoparticles (silver in silica).
* Theoretical analysis and simulation of electromagnetic mode confinement.
* Characterization of optical properties and polarization behavior.

Main Results:

* Observation of surface modes with significantly larger confinement than plasmons in similar structures.
* Demonstration of TE polarization for these novel surface modes.
* Metamaterial exhibiting high-index dielectric behavior for TE polarization, enabling well-confined guided modes.

Conclusions:

* Nanostructured metallic metamaterials can support highly confined TE-polarized surface waves.
* This represents a new paradigm for surface-wave guiding, complementary to TM plasmons.
* Potential applications in miniaturized optical devices and integrated photonics.

More Related Videos

Performing Spectroscopy on Plasmonic Nanoparticles with Transmission-Based Nomarski-Type Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy

Performing Spectroscopy on Plasmonic Nanoparticles with Transmission-Based Nomarski-Type Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy

Published on: June 5, 2019

Determination of the Excitation and Coupling Rates Between Light Emitters and Surface Plasmon Polaritons

Determination of the Excitation and Coupling Rates Between Light Emitters and Surface Plasmon Polaritons

Published on: July 21, 2018

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jul 4, 2026

Utilization of Plasmonic and Photonic Crystal Nanostructures for Enhanced Micro- and Nanoparticle Manipulation

Utilization of Plasmonic and Photonic Crystal Nanostructures for Enhanced Micro- and Nanoparticle Manipulation

Published on: September 27, 2011

Performing Spectroscopy on Plasmonic Nanoparticles with Transmission-Based Nomarski-Type Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy

Performing Spectroscopy on Plasmonic Nanoparticles with Transmission-Based Nomarski-Type Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy

Published on: June 5, 2019

Determination of the Excitation and Coupling Rates Between Light Emitters and Surface Plasmon Polaritons

Determination of the Excitation and Coupling Rates Between Light Emitters and Surface Plasmon Polaritons

Published on: July 21, 2018