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Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) at the interface of a columnar thin film (CTF) and metal exist over a range of propagation directions relative to the morphology of the CTF which depends on the tilt of the columns in the CTF. The phase…

Optics · Physics 2019-06-07 John A. Polo , Akhlesh Lakhtakia

We review the properties of the surface waves that are scattered by two-dimensional sub-wavelength indentations on metallic surfaces. We show that two distinct waves are involved, a surface plasmon polariton (SPP) and a quasi-cylindrical…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-09-14 P. Lalanne , J. P. Hugonin , H. T. Liu , B. Wang

We theoretically demonstrate coherent control over propagation of surface plasmon polaritons(SPP), at both telecommunication and visible wavelengths, on a metallic surface adjacent to quantum coherence (phaseonium) medium composed of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Pankaj K. Jha , Xiaobo Yin , Xiang Zhang

We study an optical response of a system of two parallel close metallic cylinders having nanoscale dimensions. Surface plasmon excitation in the gap between the cylinders are specifically analyzed. In particular, resonance frequencies and…

We demonstrate that the dispersion of surface plasmon polaritons in a periodically perforated gold film can be efficiently manipulated by femtosecond laser pulses with the wavelengths far from the intrinsic resonances of gold. Using a time-…

Resonant optical antennas supporting plasmon polaritons (SPPs) - collective excitations of electrons coupled to electromagnetic fields in a medium - are relevant to sensing, photovoltaics, and light-emitting devices, among others. Due to…

The spectral dispersion of light is critical in applications ranging from spectroscopy to sensing and optical communication technologies. We demonstrate that ultra-high spectral dispersion can be achieved with a finite-size surface plasmon…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Mikhailov , J. Elliott , G. Wurtz , P. Bayvel , A. V. Zayats

We demonstrate engineering of the spectral content and polarization of photoluminescence (PL) from arrayed gold nanoparticles atop a subwavelength-thin dielectric spacer and optically-thick gold film, a configuration that supports…

We study the propagation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) on a metal surface which hosts a thin film of a liquid dielectric. The ohmic losses, that are inherently present due to the coupling of SPPs to conductors' electron plasma,…

Optics · Physics 2018-06-20 Shimon Rubin , Yeshaiahu Fainman

Surface plasmon polariton is collective oscillation of the free electrons at metal dielectric interface. As a wave phenomenon, surface plasmon polaritons can be focused using appropriate excitation geometry of metallic structures. We…

Optics · Physics 2015-10-22 P. A. Golovinski , V. A. Astapenko , E. S. Manuylovich

We demonstrate theoretically the existence of one-way Tamm plasmon-polaritons on the interface between magnetophotonic crystals and conducting metal oxides. In contrast to conventional surface plasmon-polaritons (SPPs), Tamm…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-11 Hui Yuan Dong , Jin Wang , Tie Jun Cui

In this letter we show how the dispersion relation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) propagating along a perfectly conducting wire can be tailored by corrugating its surface with a periodic array of radial grooves. In this way, highly…

We have investigated the one-way surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) at the interface of a continuous magneto-plasma material and metal. We demonstrated that TM modes inside a continuous material can be assigned non-trivial Chern numbers…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-08 S. Ali Hassani Gangaraj , Andrei Nemilentsau , George W. Hanson

The peculiar topological properties of Weyl semimetals (WSMs) lead to unusual and unique optical properties. We investigate novel features of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) in a slot waveguide comprised of two semi-infinite WSMs with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-06 S. Oskoui Abdol , B. Abdollahipour , A. Soltani Vala

We study a surface plasmon polariton mode that is strongly confined in the transverse direction and propagates along a periodically nanostructured metal-dielectric interface. We show that the wavelength of this mode is determined by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-30 E. D. Chubchev , I. A. Nechepurenko , A. V. Dorofeenko , A. P. Vinogradov , A. A. Lisyansky

Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) propagating along a waveguide working electrode are sensitive to changes in local refractive index, which follow changes in the concentration of reduced and oxidised species near the working electrode. The…

Optics · Physics 2022-06-23 Zohreh Hirbodvash , Elena A. Baranova , Pierre Berini

Propagation of spoof surface plasmon polaritons (spoof SPPs) on comb-shaped ultrathin metal strips made of aluminum foil and printed copper circuit are studied experimentally and numerically. With a near field scanning technique, electric…

Optics · Physics 2015-03-03 Hong Xiang , Qiang Zhang , Jiwang Chai , Fei Fei Qin , Jun Jun Xiao , Dezhuan Han

We report the design and experimental realization of a kind of miniaturized devices for efficient unidirectional launching and shaping of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). Each device consists of an array of evenly spaced gap plasmon…

Optics · Physics 2016-08-26 Zeyu Lei , Tian Yang

Interference patterns of surface plasmon polaritons(SPPs) are observed in the extraordinary optical transmission through subwavelength holes in optically thick metal plate. It is found that the phase of incident light can be transferred to…

Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) carry transverse optical spin within the evanescent field, which has enabled the demonstration of various chiral light-matter interactions in classical and quantum systems. To achieve high spin selectivity…