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Plasmon modes of silver nanowire on a silica substrate

Optics 2012-02-16 v1

Abstract

Plasmon mode in a silver nanowire is theoretically studied when the nanowire is placed on or near a silica substrate. It is found that the substrate has much influence on the plasmon mode. For the nanowire on the substrate, the plasmon (hybrid) mode possesses not only a long propagation length but also an ultrasmall mode area. From the experimental point of view, this cavity-free structure holds a great potential to study a strong coherent interaction between the plasmon mode and single quantum system (for example, quantum dots) embedded in the substrate.

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@article{arxiv.1009.3322,
  title  = {Plasmon modes of silver nanowire on a silica substrate},
  author = {C. -L. Zou and F. -W. Sun and Y. -F. Xiao and C. -H. Dong and X. -D. Chen and J. -M. Cui and Q. Gong and Z. -F. Han and G. -C. Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.3322},
  year   = {2012}
}

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3 pages, 3 figures