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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2002
Andrey K. Sarychev, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Vladimir M. Shalaev, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Alexander M. Dykhne, Moscow Region, RU;
Viktor A. Podolskiy, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Andrey K. Sarychev, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Vladimir M. Shalaev, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Alexander M. Dykhne, Moscow Region, RU;
Viktor A. Podolskiy, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Arrowhead Center, Inc., Las Cruces, NM (US);
Abstract
Controlling, guiding, manipulating, and circuiting light and performing surface-enhanced spectroscopy in a medium comprising plasmonic nanomaterials via the excitation of plasmon modes in the materials. The plasmonic nanomaterials are based on metal films with or without arrays of nanoholes and/or on metal nanowires and/or spheroids. Also devices and methods employing such plasmonic nanomaterials.