Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Performance analysis of nitride alternative plasmonic materials for localized surface plasmon applications

  • Published:
Applied Physics B Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

We consider methods to define the performance metrics for different plasmonic materials to be used in localized surface plasmon applications. Optical efficiencies are shown to be better indicators of performance as compared to approximations in the quasistatic regime. The near-field intensity efficiency, which is a generalized form of the well-known scattering efficiency, is a more flexible and useful metric for local-field enhancement applications. We also examine the evolution of the field enhancement from a particle surface to the far-field regime for spherical nanoparticles with varying radii. Titanium nitride and zirconium nitride, which were recently suggested as alternative plasmonic materials in the visible and near-infrared ranges, are compared to the performance of gold. In contrast to the results from quasistatic methods, both nitride materials are very good alternatives to the usual plasmonic materials.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. S.J. Tan, M.J. Campolongo, D. Luo, W. Cheng, Nat. Nanotechnol. 6, 268 (2011)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. S.A. Maier, Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications (Springer, New York, 2007)

    Google Scholar 

  3. K.L. Kelly, E. Coronado, L.L. Zhao, G.C. Schatz, J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 668 (2003)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. P.R. West, S. Ishii, G.V. Naik, N.K. Emani, V.M. Shalaev, A. Boltasseva, Laser Photonics Rev. 4, 795 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. A. Boltasseva, H.A. Atwater, Science 331, 290 (2011)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. G.V. Naik, A. Boltasseva, Phys. Status Solidi RRL 4, 295 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. G.V. Naik, J. Kim, A. Boltasseva, Opt. Mat. Express 1, 1090 (2011)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. G.V. Naik, J.L. Schroeder, T.D. Sands, A. Boltasseva, arXiv:1011.4896v2 (2010)

  9. M.D. Arnold, M.G. Blaber, Opt. Express 17, 3835 (2009)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. E.T. Yu, D. Derkacs, S.H. Lim, P. Matheu, D.M. Schaadt, Proc. SPIE 7033, 70331 (2008)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. G. Mie, Ann. Phys. 25, 377 (1908)

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  12. C.F. Bohren, D.R. Huffman, Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles (Wiley, New York, 1983)

    Google Scholar 

  13. V.E. Ferry, J.N. Munday, H.A. Atwater, Adv. Mater. 22, 4794 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. B.J. Messinger, K.U. von Raben, R.K. Chang, P.W. Barber, Phys. Rev. B 24, 649 (1981)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. M. Quinten, Appl. Phys. B 73, 245 (2001)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  16. M.I. Stockman, Opt. Express 19, 22029 (2011)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  17. P.B. Johnson, R.W. Christy, Phys. Rev. B 6, 4370 (1972)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  18. C. Loo, A. Lin, L. Hirsch, M.H. Lee, J. Barton, N. Halas, J. West, R. Drezek, Technol. Cancer Res. Treat. 3, 33 (2004)

    Google Scholar 

  19. C.P. Burrows, W.L. Barnes, Opt. Express 18, 3187 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. J. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics (Wiley, New York, 1962)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work was supported in part by ARO Award W911NF-09-1-0539, ONR MURI Grant N00014-10-1-0942, AFOSR MURI Grant FA9550-10-1-0264 and NSF-DMR 1120923. AVK wants to cite fruitful discussions with B. Lukiyanchuk (DSI, Singapore).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    U. Guler, G. V. Naik, A. Boltasseva, V. M. Shalaev & A. V. Kildishev

  2. DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, 2800, Denmark

    A. Boltasseva

Authors
  1. U. Guler
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. G. V. Naik
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. A. Boltasseva
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. V. M. Shalaev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. A. V. Kildishev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to A. V. Kildishev.

Electronic Supplementary Material

Below are the links to the electronic supplementary material.

(WMV 857 kB)

(WMV 873 kB)

(WMV 896 kB)

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Guler, U., Naik, G.V., Boltasseva, A. et al. Performance analysis of nitride alternative plasmonic materials for localized surface plasmon applications. Appl. Phys. B 107, 285–291 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-012-4955-3

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-012-4955-3

Keywords

Search

Navigation