Title :
Dynamically routing surface plasmon polaritons along arbitrary trajectories
Author :
Zhang, Peng ; Wang, Sheng ; Liu, Yongmin ; Yin, Xiaobo ; Lu, Changgui ; Chen, Zhigang ; Zhang, Xiang
Author_Institution :
NSF Nanoscale Sci. & Eng. Center, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We show how surface plasmon polaritons can be routed along arbitrary trajectories by forming nondiffracting Airy beams on metal surfaces. The dynamic computer-based control over such plasmonic Airy beams is successfully demonstrated in our experiment.
Keywords :
metals; polaritons; surface plasmons; arbitrary trajectory; dynamic computer-based control; dynamically-routing surface plasmon polaritons; metal surface; nondiffracting airy beams; Metals; Optical surface waves; Optimized production technology; Plasmons; Rough surfaces; Surface waves; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
