Article
Giant Surface-Plasmon-Induced Drag Effect (SPIDEr) in Metal Nanowires
Physical Review Letters
(2009)
Abstract
Here, for the first time we predict a giant surface-plasmon-induced drag-effect rectification (SPIDER), which exists under conditions of the extreme nanoplasmonic confinement. In nanowires, this giant SPIDER generates rectified THz potential differences up to 10 V and extremely strong electric fields up to ∼105–106 V/cm. The giant SPIDER is an ultrafast effect whose bandwidth for nanometric wires is ∼20 THz. It opens up a new field of ultraintense THz nanooptics with wide potential applications in nanotechnology and nanoscience, including microelectronics, nanoplasmonics, and biomedicine.
Keywords
- SPIDER,
- Extreme nanoplasmonic confinement,
- Nanowires,
- THz potential differences,
- Strong electric fields,
- Nanooptics,
- Nanotechnology,
- Nanoscience,
- Microelectronics,
- Nanoplasmonics,
- Biomedicine
Disciplines
Publication Date
October 26, 2009
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Citation Information
Maxim Durach, Anastasia Rusina, and Mark I. Stockman. "Giant Surface-Plasmon-Induced Drag Effect (SPIDEr) in Metal Nanowires" Physical Review Letters 103.186801 (2009).doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.186801