Gric, Tatjana and Rafailov, Edik (2020). Enhancement of the Purcell Effect by the Wire Metamaterials Formed by the Hexagonal Unit Cells. Applied Sciences, 10 (16),
Abstract
The dependence of the Purcell factor on nanowire metamaterial geometry was analyzed. Calculations made about the Purcell factor in realistic composites, operating at an optical spectral range, are provided. We applied a metamaterial, aiming to mitigate the negative effects of absorption in metals on the Purcell effect in nanowire structures. A nanowire metamaterial was treated as an anisotropic composite in the long-wavelength limit. We investigated the mode patterns of the surface waves, propagating at the boundary separating such a structure and a dielectric material, along with the position of the peak in the local density of states, for the various filling factors of the periodic structure. By calculating the frequency dependence of the Purcell factor, we showed an increase in the peak value in comparison with the conventional plasmonic structure in the (1−100 THz) frequency range. Moreover, an optimal set of the parameters, needed to obtain the two topological transitions in the frequency range under investigation, is proposed.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/app10165687 |
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Divisions: | College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT) |
Additional Information: | © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Funding: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under the Marie Sklodowska Curie grant agreement No 713694, and from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (Grant No. EP/R024898/1). |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Purcell factor,metamaterial,nanowire |
Publication ISSN: | 2076-3417 |
Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2024 12:30 |
Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2020 08:35 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2020-08-17 |
Accepted Date: | 2020-08-13 |
Authors: |
Gric, Tatjana
Rafailov, Edik ( 0000-0002-4152-0120) |