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The optical properties of multi-scale plasmonic structures and their applications in optical characterization and imaging Public Deposited

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  • The optical response of metallic structures is dominated by the dynamics of their free electron plasma. Plasmonics, the area of optics specializing in the electromagnetic behavior of heterogeneous structures with metallic inclusions, is undergoing rapid development, fueled in part by recent progress in experimental fabrication techniques and novel theoretical approaches. In this thesis I outline the behavior of four plasmonic material systems, and discuss the underlying physics that governs their optical response. First, the anomalous optical properties of solution-derived percolation films are explained using scaling theory. Second, a novel technique is developed to characterize the optics of amorphous nanolaminates, leading to the creation of a meta-material with anisotropic (hyperbolic) dispersion. The properties of such materials can be tuned by adjusting their composition. Third, the electrodynamics of vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes is derived through the development of a spectroscopic terahertz transmission ellipsometry algorithm. Lastly, a new diffraction based imaging structure based on metallic gratings is presented to have resolution capabilities which far outperform the diffraction limit.
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