Toward broadband, dynamic structuring of a complex plasmonic field

Wei, Shibiao; Si, Guangyuan; Malek, Michael; Earl, Stuart K; Du, Luping; Kou, Shanshan; Yuan, Xiaocong; Lin, Jiao

doi:10.26181/22792508.v2

Toward broadband, dynamic structuring of a complex plasmonic field

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posted on 2024-07-11, 06:17 authored by Shibiao Wei, Guangyuan Si, Michael Malek, Stuart K Earl, Luping Du, Shanshan KouShanshan Kou, Xiaocong Yuan, Jiao Lin

The ability to tailor a coherent surface plasmon polariton (SPP) field is an important step toward many new opportunities for a broad range of nanophotonic applications. Previously, both scanning a converging SPP spot and designing SPP profiles using an ensemble of spots have been demonstrated. SPPs, however, are normally excited by intense, coherent light sources, that is, lasers. Hence, interference between adjacent spots is inevitable and will affect the overall SPP field distributions. We report a reconfigurable and wavelength-independent platform for generating a tailored two-dimensional (2D) SPP field distribution by considering the coherent field as a whole rather than as individual spots. With this new approach, the inherent constraints in a 2D coherent field distribution are revealed. Our design approach works not only for SPP waves but also for other 2D wave systems such as surface acoustic waves.

Funding

This work is partially supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (973) grant 2015CB352004; the National Natural Science Foundation of China grants 61427819,61138003,61490712,61675136,11604219, and 61405031; the leading talents of Guangdong province program grant 00201505; the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province grant 2016A030312010; and the Science and Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen grants KQTD2015071016560101 and KQTD2017033011044403. This work was performed in part at the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication in the Victorian Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility.

History

Publication Date

2018-06-01

Journal

Science Advances

Volume

4

Issue

6

Article Number

eaao0533

Pagination

5p. (p. 1-5)

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

ISSN

2375-2548

Rights Statement

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