Tunable-Focusing of Surface Plasmon Polaritons With a Slightly Irregular Line of Nanofootprints

Tunable surface plasmon polariton launchers are highly demanded in various applications of nanophotonics for achieving controllable plasmonic signals coupling and multiplexing. Here, a tunable-focusing device with simplified structure is suggested. It consists of an array of nanofootprints. This dev...

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Autori principali: Mingqian Zhang, Lin Sun, Jia Wang
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description Tunable surface plasmon polariton launchers are highly demanded in various applications of nanophotonics for achieving controllable plasmonic signals coupling and multiplexing. Here, a tunable-focusing device with simplified structure is suggested. It consists of an array of nanofootprints. This device allows us polarization-controlled tunable plasmonic directing and focusing on the two-dimensional metallic surface. The simulation and experimental results indicate that the focal position of the excited plasmon field can be flexibly tuned between two distinct positions just by manipulating the incident polarization state. Hence, this nanofootprints structure can serve effectively as controllable plasmonic routers and demultiplexers. It also has promising application prospects in many other fields of optics.
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spelling doaj-art-934165f0fe95485d97778cb3431b68742025-07-01T23:36:21ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552018-01-011011510.1109/JPHOT.2018.27894598246506Tunable-Focusing of Surface Plasmon Polaritons With a Slightly Irregular Line of NanofootprintsMingqian Zhang0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7207-2669Lin Sun1Jia Wang2Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Techonology, China Academy of Space Technology, Beijing, ChinaKey Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaKey Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaTunable surface plasmon polariton launchers are highly demanded in various applications of nanophotonics for achieving controllable plasmonic signals coupling and multiplexing. Here, a tunable-focusing device with simplified structure is suggested. It consists of an array of nanofootprints. This device allows us polarization-controlled tunable plasmonic directing and focusing on the two-dimensional metallic surface. The simulation and experimental results indicate that the focal position of the excited plasmon field can be flexibly tuned between two distinct positions just by manipulating the incident polarization state. Hence, this nanofootprints structure can serve effectively as controllable plasmonic routers and demultiplexers. It also has promising application prospects in many other fields of optics.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8246506/Plasmonicsnear field microscopysubwavelength structuresplasmonicsnanostructures
spellingShingle Mingqian Zhang
Lin Sun
Jia Wang
Tunable-Focusing of Surface Plasmon Polaritons With a Slightly Irregular Line of Nanofootprints
IEEE Photonics Journal
Plasmonics
near field microscopy
subwavelength structures
plasmonics
nanostructures
title Tunable-Focusing of Surface Plasmon Polaritons With a Slightly Irregular Line of Nanofootprints
title_full Tunable-Focusing of Surface Plasmon Polaritons With a Slightly Irregular Line of Nanofootprints
title_fullStr Tunable-Focusing of Surface Plasmon Polaritons With a Slightly Irregular Line of Nanofootprints
title_full_unstemmed Tunable-Focusing of Surface Plasmon Polaritons With a Slightly Irregular Line of Nanofootprints
title_short Tunable-Focusing of Surface Plasmon Polaritons With a Slightly Irregular Line of Nanofootprints
title_sort tunable focusing of surface plasmon polaritons with a slightly irregular line of nanofootprints
topic Plasmonics
near field microscopy
subwavelength structures
plasmonics
nanostructures
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8246506/
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