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We theoretically show the existence of cascaded second-order surface plasmon solitons propagating at the interface between metal and linear dielectric. Nonlocal multipole nonlinearities originating from free conduction electron plasma of a…

Optics · Physics 2014-05-21 Pavel Ginzburg , Alexey Krasavin , Anatoly V. Zayats

In modern integrated circuits and wireless communication systems/devices, three key features need to be solved simultaneously to reach higher performance and more compact size: signal integrity, interference suppression, and…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-06 Hao Chi Zhang , Tie Jun Cui , Qian Zhang , Yifeng Fan , Xiaojian Fu

Plasmonic excitations such as surface-plasmon-polaritons (SPPs) and graphene-plasmons (GPs), carry large momenta and are thus able to confine electromagnetic fields to small dimensions. This property makes them ideal platforms for…

Surface phonon polaritons (SPhP) and surface plasmon polaritons (SPP), evanescent modes supported by media with negative permittivity, are a fundamental building block of nanophotonics. These modes are unmatched in terms of field…

The effect of changing the temperature on the propagation of electromagnetic surface waves (ESWs), guided by the planar interface of a homogeneous isotropic temperature-sensitive material (namely, InSb) and a temperature-insensitive…

Ultrafast excitation of non-equilibrium carriers under intense pulses offer unique opportunities for controlling optical properties of semiconductor materials. In this work, we propose a scheme for ultrafast generation of surface plasmon…

We report the experimental observation of the transverse spin and associated spin-momentum locking of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) excited in a plasmonic single crystalline silver nanowire (AgNW). In contrast to the SPPs excited in…

Optics · Physics 2021-11-03 Chetna Taneja , Diptabrata Paul , G V Pavan Kumar

Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are optical waves that propagate along a metal surface. They exhibit properties such as sub-wavelength localization and field enhancement which make them attractive for surface sensing, as commonly…

Optics · Physics 2023-01-25 Zohreh Hirbodvash , Pierre Berini

We show how a complex Snell's law can be used to describe the refraction of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) at an interface between two metals, validating its predictions with 3-D electrodynamics simulations. Refraction gives rise to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-10 Jonathan J. Foley , Jeffrey M. McMahon , George C. Schatz , Stephen K. Gray

A graphene sheet gated with a ridged ground plane, creating a soft-boundary (SB) graphene nanoribbon, is considered. By adjusting the ridge parameters and bias voltage a channel can be created on the graphene which can guide TM surface…

Optics · Physics 2013-09-25 Ebrahim Forati , George W. Hanson

We present numerical simulations for the propagation of surface plasmon polaritons in a dielectric-metal-dielectric waveguide using COMSOL multiphysics software. We show that the use of an active dielectric with gain that compensates metal…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-10-13 C. Athanasopoulos , M. Mattheakis , G. P. Tsironis

Surface plasma waves (SPWs) are usually discussed in the context of a metal in contact with a dielectric. However, they can also exist between two metals. In this work we study these bimetallic waves. We find that their dispersion curve…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-02 Hai-Yao Deng , Feng Liu , Katsunori Wakabayashi

Tunable orbit angular momentum (OAM) of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) is theoretically studied with appropriately designed metasurfaces. By controlling both the orientation angle and spatial position of nano aperture array on an…

Optics · Physics 2016-11-22 Qilong Tan , Qinghua Guo , Hongchao Liu , Xuguang Huang , Shuang Zhang

Spatiotemporal (ST) wave packets refer to a broad class of optical pulses whose spatial and temporal dependence cannot be treated separately. Such space time non-separability can induce exotic physical effects such as non-diffraction,…

Optics · Physics 2025-11-04 Wangke Yu , Yijie Shen

The subwavelength confinement of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) makes them attractive for various applications such as sensing, light generation and solar energy conversion. Near-field microscopy associated with interferometric detection…

The ability to tailor a coherent surface plasmon polariton (SPP) field is an important step towards a number of new opportunities for a broad range of nanophotonic applications such as sensing [1,2], nano-circuitry [3,4], optical data…

Space-time (ST) beams, ultrafast optical wavepackets with customized spatial and temporal characteristics, present a significant contrast to conventional spatial-structured light and hold the potential to revolutionize our understanding and…

Polaritons are quasi-particles describing the coupling between a photon and a material excitation, which can carry large momentum and confine electromagnetic fields to small dimensions, enabling strong light-matter interactions. In the…

Optics · Physics 2024-04-23 Yonatan Gershuni , Itai Epstein

In this article, the scattering of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) into photons at holes is investigated. A local, electrically excited source of SPPs using a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) produces an outgoing circular plasmon wave…

We establish the theoretical framework for a material system that supports surface plasmon polaritions (SPPs) excited by a dipole excitation, where the media configuration suddenly changes at a temporal boundary. We employ three-dimensional…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-10 Jay A. Berres , S. Ali Hassani Gangaraj , George W. Hanson