Effect of left-handed materials in surface plasmon excitation and propagation length

Authors : Arif Engin ÇETİN

Pages : 26-36

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :We investigated the dispersion relation of surface plasmons insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SPs); excited in a medium comprised of a left-handed material insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LHM); layer. We investigated different light polarizations in SP excitation along an LHM-metal interface. We studied SP excitation through a classical Kretschmann geometry, employing an LHM interlayer between a dielectric and a metal layer. Using this three-layer configuration, we investigated the effect of LHM medium on characterizing SP propagation length, which is directly related to the energy of the surface waves.
Keywords : Surface plasmons, dispersion relation, left handed materials, Kretschmann geometry