Phase-controlled propagation of surface plasmons

Basudeb Sain; Roy Kaner; Yehiam Prior

doi:10.1038/lsa.2017.72

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Phase-controlled propagation of surface plasmons

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- Phase-controlled propagation of surface plasmons
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 6, Issue 4, (2017)
- Affiliations：
  
  Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
- Author bio：
  
  Y Prior, Email: yehiam.prior@weizmann.ac.il
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2017.72
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- Published：2017-12，
  
  Published Online：24 April 2017，
  
  Received：27 November 2016，
  
  Revised：18 April 2017，
  
  Accepted：21 April 2017
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Sain, B., Kaner, R. & Prior, Y. Phase-controlled propagation of surface plasmons. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e17072 (2017).
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Sain, B., Kaner, R. & Prior, Y. Phase-controlled propagation of surface plasmons. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e17072 (2017). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2017.72.

摘要

Abstract

Directional emission of electromagnetic radiation can be achieved using a properly shaped single antenna or a phased array of individual antennas. Control of the individual phases within an array enables scanning or other manipulations of the emission

and it is this property of phased arrays that makes them attractive in modern systems. Likewise

the propagation of surface plasmons at the interface between metal films and dielectric materials can be determined by shaping the individual surface nanostructures or via the phase control of individual elements in an array of such structures. Here

we demonstrate control of the propagation of surface plasmons within a linear array of nanostructures. The generic situation of plasmonic surface propagation that is different on both sides of a metal film provides a unique opportunity for such control: plasmons propagating on the slower side feed into the side with the faster propagation

creating a phased array of interfering antennas and thus controlling the directionality of the wake fields. We further show that by shaping the individual nanoantennas

we can generate an asymmetric propagation geometry.

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Keywords

FDTDNSOMphased arrayplasmonic wakessurface plasmons

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