@article{
author = "Jakšić, Zoran and Ostojić, Sanja and Tanasković, Dragan and Matovic, J.",
year = "2009",
abstract = "We investigated the influence of zero-point fluctuations (vacuum fluctuations, optical quantum noise) to the optical response of electromagnetic metamaterials containing dielectrics with third-order Kerr-like nonlinearity. We determined the zero-point noise and calculated it for different analytes, including those used in forensic analysis and organic pollutants. The zero-point noise level is highest for shortest-wavelength plasmons and decreases towards long-range plasmons. It may be tailored through a convenient design of the metamaterial structure. Since noise spectral power is proportional to the nonlinearity of the analyte species present, we considered the possibility to use zero-point noise as an auxiliary tool for identification of targeted nonlinear samples. We believe that our investigation could be of importance in homeland defence, forensics, biomedicine, etc.",
publisher = "Polish Academy of Sciences",
journal = "Acta Physica Polonica A",
title = "Vacuum Fluctuations in Optical Metamaterials Containing Nonlinear Dielectrics",
volume = "116",
number = "4",
pages = "628-630",
doi = "10.12693/APhysPolA.116.628"
}