Browsing by Subject "Plasmonics"
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Block-Copolymer-derived plasmonic templates and its applications
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2021)Plasmonic metasurfaces have important applications in life science, optics, and catalysis. However, their industrial usage is limited by high throughput nanofabrication. A promising solution is the transfer of a pattern ... -
CMOS-compatible multi-band plasmonic TE-pass polarizer
(2018)A CMOS-compatible plasmonic TE-pass polarizer capable of working in the O, E, S, C, L, and U bands is numerically analyzed. The device is based on an integrated hybrid plasmonic waveguide (HPW) with a segmented metal design. ... -
Effective heat dissipation in an adiabatic near-field transducer for HAMR
(2018)To achieve a feasible heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) system, a near-field transducer (NFT) is necessary to strongly focus the optical field to a lateral region measuring tens of nanometres ... -
Exploring New and Enhanced Optical Functionalities in Coupled Nano-Systems
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2018)In this thesis, a variety of novel emerging systems were chosen to explore new and enhanced optical functionalities in coupled nano-systems. The coupling of novel nanomaterials with complimentary properties paves the way ... -
Influence of graphene oxide/Ag nanoparticle composites on the fluorescence properties of organic dyes
(2017)Graphene oxide/Ag nanoparticle (AgGO) composite materials have been proposed for surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection of fluorescent dye molecules. In this study we examine the role of the different components ... -
Influence of plasmonic array geometry on non-radiative energy transfer from a quantum well to a quantum dot layer
(IEEE, 2017)The influence of ordered plasmonic arrays on energy transfer from a quantum well to a quantum dot layer has been investigated. The ordered arrays are comprised of nanostructures of different geometries, including boxes, ... -
Interactions of Plasmonic and Dielectric Structures with 2D Materials
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2023)Three separate systems of nanoparticles coupled to two-dimensional materials are studied. Each system is investigated both experimentally and numerically with FDTD simulations. The first system involves a nanoparticle-on-mirror ... -
Laser-induced failure modes in plasmonic thin films
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2019)In order for the areal density of magnetic hard-drives to continue increasing, it is necessary to improve upon current recording technologies. The proposed next-generation magnetic recording process, heat-assisted magnetic ... -
Plasmon-enhanced nonradiative energy transfer in a hybrid quantum well structure
(2015)Three different silver metal nanobox arrays are used to demonstrate plasmon-enhanced non-radiative energy transfer from an InGaN/GaN quantum well to a ~80 nm thick layer of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots ... -
Room-temperature plexcitonic strong coupling: Ultrafast dynamics for quantum applications
(2021)Strong light-matter interaction is at the heart of modern quantum technological applications and is the basis for a wide range of rich optical phenomena. Coupling a single quantum emitter strongly with electromagnetic ...