Title :
Plasmonic Aharonov-Bohm effect
Author :
Kleiner, Vladimir ; Nechayev, Sergey ; Gorodetski, Yuri ; Hasman, Erez
Author_Institution :
Micro & Nanooptics Lab., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
A wave-front phase dislocation due to the scattering of surface plasmons from a topological defect is directly measured in the near field by means of interference. The analogy to the Aharonov-Bohm effect is presented.
Keywords :
Aharonov-Bohm effect; dislocations; light interference; plasmonics; surface plasmons; light interference; plasmonic Aharonov-Bohm effect; surface plasmons; topological defect; wavefront phase dislocation; Adaptive optics; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Polarization; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
