Controlling coherent electromagnetic interactions in molecular systems is a problem of both fundamental interest and important applicative potential in the development of photonic and opto-electronic devices. The strength of these interactions determines both the absorption and emission properties of molecules coupled to nanostructures, effectively governing the optical properties of such a composite metamaterial. Here we report on the observation of strong coupling between a plasmon supported by an assembly of oriented gold nanorods (ANR) and a molecular exciton. We show that the coupling is easily engineered and is deterministic as both spatial and spectral overlap between the plasmonic structure and molecular aggregates are controlled. We think that these results in conjunction with the flexible geometry of the ANR are of potential significance to the development of plasmonic molecular devices.
The enhanced optical properties of metal films periodically perforated with an array of sub-wavelength size holes have recently been widely
studied in the field of surface plasmon optics. The ability to design the optical transmission of such nanostructures, which act as plasmonic
crystals, by varying their geometrical parameters gives them great flexibility for numerous applications in photonics, opto-electronics, and
sensing. Transforming these passive optical elements into devices that may be actively controlled has presented a new challenge. Here, we
report on the realization of an electrically controlled nanostructured optical system based on the unique properties of surface plasmon polaritonic
crystals in contact with a liquid crystal (LC) layer. We discuss the effect of LC layer modulation on the surface plasmon dispersion, the related
optical transmission and the underlying mechanism. The reported effect may be used to achieve active spectral tuneability and switching in
a wide range of applications.
We experimentally demonstrate a low-loss multilayered metamaterial exhibiting a double-negative refractive index in the visible spectral range. To this end, we exploit a second-order magnetic resonance of the so-called fishnet structure. The low-loss nature of the employed magnetic resonance, together with the effect of the interacting adjacent layers, results in a figure of merit as high as 3.34. A wide spectral range of negative index is achieved, covering the wavelength region between 620 and 806 nm with only two different designs.
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