title: Well-confined surface plasmon polaritons for sensing applications in the near-infrared.
abstract: The surface plasmon polariton (SPP) dispersion at the interface between a dielectric half-space and a layered metallodielectric metamaterial is investigated. By varying the material constituants, it is shown that the SPP resonance frequency can be readily shifted to the near-IR. Through numerical simulations, the validity domain of homogenization and the effects of the finite number of layers in the metamaterial are studied. It is found that as few as N=2 periods are sufficient for practical operation. These results reveal the potential of employing metallodielectric stacks for sensing applications in the near-IR regime.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Campus Polytechnique,91127 Palaiseau cedex, France. choon.gan@institutoptique.fr
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lalanne