Absorption effects on the longitudinal bulk plasmon-polariton modes in 1D heterostructures containing anisotropic metamaterials

Author(s)

Costa, A. E. B. ^{[1, 2]} ; Oliveira, L. E. ^[3] ; Cavalcanti, S. B. ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Fed Alagoas, Inst Fis, BR-57072970 Maceio, AL - Brazil

^[2] Inst Fed Alagoas, BR-57160000 Marechal Deodoro, AL - Brazil

^[3] Univ Estadual Campinas, UNICAMP, Inst Fis, BR-13083859 Campinas, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES; v. 74, p. 123-128, NOV 2015.
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Abstract

The transmission properties of electromagnetic waves through a one-dimensional layered system containing alternate layers of air and a uniaxial anisotropic left-handed material are investigated. The optical axis of such heterostructure is along the stacking direction and the components of the electric permittivity and magnetic permeability tensors that characterize the metamaterial are modeled by a Drude-type response and a split ring resonator metamaterial response, respectively. Different plasmon frequencies are considered for directions parallel and perpendicular to the optical axis. For oblique incidence, longitudinal bulk like plasmon polariton modes are found in the neighborhood of the plasmon frequency along the optical axis and anisotropy leads to the unfolding of nearly dispersionless plasmon-polariton bands either above or below the plasmon frequency. Moreover, it is shown that, even in the presence of loss/absorption, these plasmon polariton modes do survive and, therefore, should be experimentally detected. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/51691-0 - The physics of new materials and semiconductor nanostructures
• Grantee: Luiz Eduardo Moreira Carvalho de Oliveira
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants