ANNAMACHARYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCES

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Contents

■ Introduction
■ Limitations of present modes
■ Need for Plasmonics
■ Communication with Plasmonics
■ Applications
■ Future Directions
■ Conclusion
Introduction

■ Currently communication systems are based on either electronics and photonics.

■ However, for transporting huge amounts of data at a huge speed along with
miniaturization both these technologies are facing limitations.
■ So researchers are pioneering a new technology called “PLASMONICS”.
Plasmonics:

■ The term ‘Plasmonics’ is derived from Plasmons- quanta associated with collective
excitation of free electrons in metals.
■ Plasmonics is the study of the interaction of light and metal under precise
circumstances.
■ Plasmonics is thought to embody the strongest points of both optical and electronic
data transfer, allowing the fast transmission of information over very small wires.
Plasmons:

■ Plasmons are the density wave electrons, created when light hits the surface of
metal under precise circumstances.
■ These density are generated at optical frequencies, and are very small and rapid.
■ They are theoretically encode a lot of information, more than what’s possible for
conventional electronics.
■ Plasmons are the Nanostructured metals.
Limitations of Present Modes

■ In electronics, Time delay effects arises due to variation in electronic wire size.
■ In photonics, the devices are constrained by the wavelengths limit.
Need for Plasmonics:

■ To overcome Mismatched capacities and sizes

■ Researchers are can cobble them together, but a single technology that has the
capacity of photonics and smallest of electronics with the best bridge of all
Researchers are pioneering such technology called “PLASMONICS”.
■ PLASMONICS breaks the fact:
The fact that light interacts with nanostructures overcome
the belief held for more than a century that light waves couldn’t interact with anything
smaller than their own wavelengths.
Fig: Applicable Size and speed scale-for plasmonic and other devices
Communication with Plasmonics

■ Huge control over EM waves at Nano-scale.

■ Surface Plasmons generated at the metal nterface cloud allow plasmons to travel
along nano-scale wires.
■ In order to fabricate effective plasmonic devices nanostructure materials must be
used.
Applications

■ Plasmonsters- A faster chip

■ Nanoshells- Cure for cancer
■ Plasmonic LED
■ Quantum dot Plasmonics
Plasmonsters: A faster chip

■ Plasmonic wires will act as high-traffic frreways on chips.

■ When a lot of data needs an express lane to travel from one section of a chip to
anoher, electronic bits could be converted to plasmon Waves, sent along a
plasmonic wire and converted back to electronic bits at their destination.
 Nanoshells: A cure for cancer
■ By using Plasmonic devices investigators can
design nanoshells to selectively absorb wavelengths
as short ass a few100 nanometers which turned as
a promising tool for cancer treatment.
■ The photo thermal heating killed cancer cells
while leaving the surrounding healthy tissue unharmed
■ It was tested by treating a mice in which all signs
of cancer disappeared within 10 days.
Plasmonic LED and Quantum dots:

■ Plasmonic materials may also revolutionize the lighting industry by making LEDs
bright enough to compete with incandescent bulbs.
■ These dramatically raise the emission rates of Quantum dots and quantum wells by
increasing the efficiency and brightness of solid-state LEDs.
■ Plasmonic nanoparticles may enable researchers to develop LEDs made of silicon.
Future Directions

■ To develop new Optical components and systems that are of same size as today
smallest integrated chips.
■ Plasmon sources, detectors, switches and wires as well as splitters can be
developed.
■ Applications mainly depend on controlling the losses and the cost of nanofabrication
techniques.
■ All frequencies of the visible light must be covered
Conclusion

■ Plasmonics will drive us to work of high speed communication network, where we

can convey voluminous stream of voice and vast amount of data. Plasmonics is the
great boon of Nano technology. It includes more exciting discoveries that includes
laser-plasma and laser-solid interactions, nano-photonics, and plasmonics.
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