Title :
Forerunners and turbulent propagation in plasmonic waveguides
Author :
Rosenblatt, Gilad ; Feigenbaum, Eyal ; Orenstein, Meir
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion, Haifa
Abstract :
Abrupt near IR optical pulses launched over metal-dielectric interface are exhibiting wavefronts moving almost at the speed of light in vacuum (much faster than plasmonic wavepackets) and comprised of much lower frequencies (tens of THz).
Keywords :
optical waveguides; polaritons; surface plasmons; metal-dielectric interface; near IR optical pulses; plasmonic waveguides; plasmonic wavepackets; surface plasmon polariton; turbulent propagation; wavefronts; Dispersion; Frequency; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Space vector pulse width modulation; Surface waves; Ultrafast optics; (240.6680) Surface Plasmons; (350.4238) Nanophotonics and photonic crystals;
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
