Manipulation of multidimensional plasmonic spectra for information storage

Wei Ting Chen, Pin Chieh Wu, Chen Jung Chen, Chun Jen Weng, Hsin Chen Lee, Ta Jen Yen, Chieh Hsiung Kuan, Masud Mansuripur, Din Ping Tsai

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Abstract

We demonstrate a concept of optical data storage through plasmonic resonances of metallic nanostructures. Metallic nanostructures exhibit strong variations in their reflectance and/or transmittance spectra due to surface plasmon polariton resonances. We study the variations in spectra through 50×50 arrays of repeated unit cells covering a total area of ∼50×50 μ m2. Each cell contains ten different nanofeatures, such as an ellipse, a ring, a circle, a triangle, a square, etc. The size of each unit-cell is 500×500 nm2, and the periodicity is 1.0 μm. The variations in spectra are obvious enough to be distinguished and then retrieved.

Original languageEnglish
Article number171106
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume98
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011 Apr 25

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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