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Fabrication and Operation of a Nano-Optical Conveyor Belt

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Optical waves on nanoparticle chains coupled with surfaces.

D Van Orden¹, Y Fainman, V Lomakin

¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA. dvanorden@physics.ucsd.edu

|April 18, 2009

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Metal nanoparticle chains on dielectric surfaces support optical waves. These waves can be bound, radiate into beams, or both, enabling applications like leaky surface wave antennas for microscopy.

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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Materials Science

Background:

Linear chains of metal nanoparticles coupled with dielectric surfaces exhibit complex optical phenomena.
These phenomena include various types of traveling and leaky waves.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the interactions between nanoparticle chains and dielectric surfaces.
To understand the behavior and radiation patterns of optical waves in these systems.

Main Methods:

Theoretical investigation of chain-surface interactions.
Analysis of wave propagation and radiation characteristics.

Main Results:

Traveling waves can remain localized to the chain.
Traveling waves can radiate into surface wave beams.
Traveling waves can radiate into both space and surface wave beams.

Conclusions:

The radiation of traveling waves into surface waves can be harnessed.
This radiation mechanism is key for developing leaky surface wave antennas.
Potential applications include advanced surface wave microscopy techniques.