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20 February 2017 Fabrication of diffraction gratings with electrically variable pitch and their effect on surface plasmon resonance
Lucas Karperien, Ribal Georges Sabat
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Abstract
Real-time surface plasmon signal modulation was achieved by electrically varying the pitch of a nanoscale surface relief diffraction grating inscribed on an azobenzene thin film covered with a layer of silver. The azobenzene film was spin coated on an electrostrictive Lead Lanthanum Zirconate Titanate (PLZT) ceramic substrate and AC electric fields were applied longitudinally on the PLZT ceramic causing a change in the grating pitch as well as the surface plasmon resonance wavelength. This method permits extremely accurate control of the surface plasmon wavelength for tunable optics applications.
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Lucas Karperien and Ribal Georges Sabat "Fabrication of diffraction gratings with electrically variable pitch and their effect on surface plasmon resonance", Proc. SPIE 10114, Quantum Dots and Nanostructures: Growth, Characterization, and Modeling XIV, 101140V (20 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2249176
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KEYWORDS
Surface plasmons

Modulation

Diffraction gratings

Polarization

Ceramics

Silver

Interfaces

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