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We develop a general perturbation theory to treat small parameter changes in dispersive plasmonic nanostructures and metamaterials. We specifically apply it to dielectric refractive index, and metallic plasma frequency modulation in metal-…

Optics · Physics 2011-06-14 Aaswath Raman , Shanhui Fan

The development of nanoplasmonic devices, such as plasmonic circuits and metamaterial superlenses in the visible to ultraviolet frequency range, is hampered by the lack of low-loss plasmonic media. Recently, strong plasmonic response was…

This paper presents an analytical framework for the analysis of time-varying metal-based metamaterials. Concretely, we particularize the study to time-modulated metal-air interfaces embedded between two different semi-infinite media that…

Quasi-crystals are intriguing as they exhibit rotational symmetry and long range ordering but lack translational symmetry. 2-dimensional metal-dielectric patterns are interesting to make use of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) mediated local…

Space-time modulation adds another powerful degree of freedom to the manipulation of classical wave systems. It opens the door for complex control of wave behavior beyond the reach of stationary systems, such as nonreciprocal wave transport…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-11-06 Junfei Li , Xiaohui Zhu , Chen Shen , Xiuyuan Peng , Steven A. Cummer

We study the effect of spatial dispersion of crystal modes on optical properties such as the reflectivity $R$. As an example for isotropic media, we investigate the simplest model for phonons in ionic crystals and compare with previous…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-10 I. Kaelin , Ch. Helm , G. Blatter

We report a new type of phononic crystals with topologically non-trivial bandgaps for both longitudinal and transverse polarizations, resulting in protected one-way elastic edge waves. In our design, gyroscopic inertial effects are used to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-16 Pai Wang , Ling Lu , Katia Bertoldi

Spatiotemporal metasurfaces offer unique opportunities for wave manipulation, however, their practical realization is often constrained by the requirement for in-plane spatial modulation, which necessitates a large number of time-varying…

Lasing at the nanometre scale promises strong light-matter interactions and ultrafast operation. Plasmonic resonances supported by metallic nanoparticles have extremely small mode volumes and high field enhancements, making them an ideal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-07 T. K. Hakala , H. T. Rekola , A. I. Väkeväinen , J. -P. Martikainen , M. Nečada , A. J. Moilanen , P. Törmä

We report on the experimental investigation of the transmission spectra for acoustic waves through temporal phononic crystals (TPCs), which are designed structures with periodically time-varying density and bulk modulus. In our experiment,…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-05-08 Xujun Dong , Yangtao Ye , Bing Wang , Chunyin Qiu , Manzhu Ke , Zhengyou Liu

Plasmonics is a research area merging the fields of optics and nanoelectronics by confining light with relatively large free-space wavelength to the nanometer scale - thereby enabling a family of novel devices. Current plasmonic devices at…

Topological edge states in systems of two (or more) dimensions offer scattering-free transport, exhibiting robustness to inhomogeneities and disorder. In a different domain, time-modulated systems, such as photonic time crystals (PTCs),…

Coupled plasmon modes are studied in graded plasmonic waveguides, which are periodic chains of metallic nanoparticles embedded in a host with gradually varying refractive indices. We identify three types of localized modes called "light",…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 J. J. Xiao , K. Yakubo , K. W. Yu

The collective plasmonic modes of a metal comprise a pattern of charge density and tightly-bound electric fields that oscillate in lock-step to yield enhanced light-matter interaction. Here we show that metals with non-zero Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-25 Li-kun Shi , Justin C. W. Song

We develop an approach to use nanostructured plasmonic materials as a non-magnetic negative-refractive index system at optical and near-infrared frequencies. In contrast to conventional negative refraction materials, our design does not…

The plasma oscillations in high-mobility field-effect transistors (HEMTs) have emerged as a key physical mechanism for manipulating electromagnetic radiation in the sub-terahertz (sub-THz) and THz frequency ranges. These collective electron…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-22 Michael Shur , Gregory Aizin

In this article, we present a numerical study of the optical properties of a metal nanowire interacting with a localized cavity in a two dimensional photonic crystal. The nature of the modes, their wavelength and width are investigated as a…

Plasmons, collective oscillations of electron systems, can efficiently couple light and electric current, and thus can be used to create sub-wavelength photodetectors, radiation mixers, and on-chip spectrometers. Despite considerable…

In weakly nonlinear dispersive wave systems, long-time dynamics are typically governed by time resonances, where wave phases evolve coherently due to exact frequency matching. Recent advances in spatio-temporal spectrum measurements,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-12-09 Michal Shavit , Fabio Pusateri , Zhou Zhang , Yulin Pan , Davide Maestrini , Miguel Onorato , Jalal Shatah

Time photonic crystals have attracted growing attention in recent years owing to their abilities to enable broadband field enhancements, e.g., free-space electromagnetic waves, dipolar emissions, free-electron radiation, etc. While the…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-17 Junkai Jiang , Hao Hu , Yang Long , Liangliang Liu , Songyan Hou , Dongjue Liu , Zhuo Li