Circuit Elements at Optical Frequencies: Nanoinductors, Nanocapacitors, and Nanoresistors

2004/11/18 by Nader Engheta, Alessandro Salandrino, Andrea Alù +1 · 6 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications #Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications #Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research #cond-mat.mtrl-sci

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.95.095504

published as Physical Review Letters 95, 095504 (2005) · 14 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

We present the concept of circuit nanoelements in the optical domain using plasmonic and nonplasmonic nanoparticles. Three basic circuit elements, i.e., nanoinductors, nanocapacitors, and nanoresistors, are discussed in terms of small nanostructures with different material properties. Coupled nanoscale circuits and parallel and series combinations are also envisioned, which may provide road maps for the synthesis of more complex circuits in the IR and visible bands. Ideas for the optical implementation of right-handed and left-handed nanotransmission lines are also forecasted.

Citations

• Surface plasmon propagation in microscale metal stripes
• Optical Constants of the Noble Metals
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