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Coupled Plasmonic Systems and Devices: Applications in Visible Metamaterials, Nanophotonic Circuits, and CMOS Imaging

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Burgos, Stanley P. (2013) Coupled Plasmonic Systems and Devices: Applications in Visible Metamaterials, Nanophotonic Circuits, and CMOS Imaging. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/N2JK-5318. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06042013-150337959

Abstract

With the size of transistors approaching the sub-nanometer scale and Si-based photonics pinned at the micrometer scale due to the diffraction limit of light, we are unable to easily integrate the high transfer speeds of this comparably bulky technology with the increasingly smaller architecture of state-of-the-art processors. However, we find that we can bridge the gap between these two technologies by directly coupling electrons to photons through the use of dispersive metals in optics. Doing so allows us to access the surface electromagnetic wave excitations that arise at a metal/dielectric interface, a feature which both confines and enhances light in subwavelength dimensions - two promising characteristics for the development of integrated chip technology. This platform is known as plasmonics, and it allows us to design a broad range of complex metal/dielectric systems, all having different nanophotonic responses, but all originating from our ability to engineer the system surface plasmon resonances and interactions. In this thesis, we demonstrate how plasmonics can be used to develop coupled metal-dielectric systems to function as tunable plasmonic hole array color filters for CMOS image sensing, visible metamaterials composed of coupled negative-index plasmonic coaxial waveguides, and programmable plasmonic waveguide network systems to serve as color routers and logic devices at telecommunication wavelengths.

Item Type:Thesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
Subject Keywords:plasmonics; nanophotonics; metamaterials; color filters; waveguides; negative index; hole arrays
Degree Grantor:California Institute of Technology
Division:Engineering and Applied Science
Major Option:Applied Physics
Thesis Availability:Public (worldwide access)
Research Advisor(s):
  • Atwater, Harry Albert
Thesis Committee:
  • Atwater, Harry Albert (chair)
  • Painter, Oskar J.
  • Vahala, Kerry J.
  • Schwab, Keith C.
Defense Date:21 May 2013
Record Number:CaltechTHESIS:06042013-150337959
Persistent URL:https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06042013-150337959
DOI:10.7907/N2JK-5318
Default Usage Policy:No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided.
ID Code:7835
Collection:CaltechTHESIS
Deposited By: Stanley Burgos
Deposited On:22 Sep 2015 20:39
Last Modified:08 Nov 2023 00:12

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