Epsilon-near-zero nanoparticles

TL;DR

This paper introduces epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) nanoparticles made of metal-dielectric bilayers, analyzing their optical properties and tunability across visible to near-IR spectra using effective medium theory and computational tools.

Contribution

It presents a novel design of ENZ nanoparticles with tunable optical properties and demonstrates their analysis using effective medium theory and transfer-matrix simulations.

Findings

Tunable ENZ region achieved by varying nanoparticle radii

Absorption and scattering cross-sections characterized

Potential for experimental synthesis using chemical methods

Abstract

In this work, we propose epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) nanoparticles formed of metal and dielectric bilayers and employ the effective medium approach for multilayered nanospheres to study their optical response. We obtained a passive tunable ENZ region by varying the radii of the proposed bilayer nanospheres, ranging from visible to near-IR. In addition, we present the absorption and scattering cross-section of ENZ nanoparticles using an open-source, transfer-matrix-based software (STRATIFY). %, and a commercial FDTD software (LUMERICAL). The proposed ENZ nanoparticle is envisioned to be experimentally realized using chemical synthesis techniques.