• DocumentCode
    2234622
  • Title

    Measurement of the Gouy phase shift for surface plasmon polaritons

  • Author

    Zhu, Wenqi ; Agrawal, Amit ; Nahata, Ajay

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We measure the Gouy phase-shift of converging surface-plasmons as they evolve through the focus using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. We perform numerical simulations to determine the surface field distribution and associate it with the Gouy phase-shift.
  • Keywords
    numerical analysis; optical variables measurement; phase measurement; polaritons; submillimetre wave spectroscopy; surface plasmons; time-domain analysis; Gouy phase shift measurement; numerical simulations; surface field distribution; surface plasmon polaritons; terahertz time-domain spectroscopy; Electric variables measurement; Finite difference methods; Optical filters; Optical surface waves; Phase measurement; Plasmons; Spectroscopy; Submillimeter wave measurements; Surface waves; Time domain analysis; (120.5050) Phase measurements; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (260.3090) Far-infrared;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571392