Title :
Surface plasmon polariton waves in optically active media
Author :
Ignatyeva, Daria O. ; Levkina, Galina Yu ; Kalish, Andrey N. ; Sukhorukov, Anatoly P.
Author_Institution :
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
We investigate surface plasmon polariton waves on the semi-infinite and multilayered interfaces of metals or metamaterials with optically active dielectrics. Such surface waves consist of two partial components with different polarization and localization. Propagation constant, localization coefficients and polarization of surface waves were calculated in the linear approximation that can be used in the cases of weak gyrotropy. Plasmon polariton waves on the interfaces with stronger gyrotropy were investigated numerically. We found out that there is a critical value of gyrotropic coefficient above which there are no localized surface waves on the interface.
Keywords :
dielectric polarisation; gold; metamaterials; optical rotation; polaritons; silver; surface plasmons; wave propagation; Au-Ag; dielectric polarization; gold; linear approximation; localization coefficient; metal-dielectric interface; metamaterials; multilayered interfaces; optically active dielectrics; propagation constant; silver; surface plasmon polariton waves; weak gyrotropy; Dielectrics; Media; Metals; Metamaterials; Optical polarization; Optical surface waves; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Laser and Fiber-Optical Networks Modeling (LFNM), 2011 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kharkov
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-811-2
DOI :
10.1109/LFNM.2011.6145028
