Cultivating Metal Whiskers by Surface Plasmon Polariton Excitation

MRS Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 805-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vamsi Borra ◽  
Daniel G. Georgiev ◽  
Victor G. Karpov
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polaritons ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polariton ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Plasmon Polaritons

ABSTRACTThis work presents a preliminary experimental study on the possibility to initiate growth of whiskers on the surfaces of some technologically important metals utilizing the enhanced electric field of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). The results provide evidence that a relatively high concentration of what appear to be whisker nuclei form in the region where SPPs were excited, whereas no such changes are observed on the untreated surface.

Surface Plasmon Polaritons and Inverse Faraday Effect

2012 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 369-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.E. Khokhlov ◽  
V.I. Belotelov ◽  
A.N. Kalish ◽  
A.K. Zvezdin
Keyword(s):  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polaritons ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Faraday Effect ◽  
Angle Of Incidence ◽  
Local Magnetization ◽  
Inverse Faraday Effect ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Plasmon Polaritons

t is shown that the inverse Faraday effect appears in the case of surface plasmon polariton propagation near a metal-paramagnetic interface. The inverse Faraday effect in nanostructured periodically perforated metaldielectric films increases because of the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons. In this case, a stationary magnetic field is amplified by more than an order of magnitude compared to the case of a smooth paramagnetic film. The distribution of an electromagnetic field is sensitive to the wavelength and the angle of incidence of light, which allows one to efficiently control the local magnetization arising due to the inverse Faraday effect.

Effects of metal film thickness and gain on the coupling of organic semiconductor exciton emission to surface plasmon polaritons

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (42) ◽  
pp. 10111-10119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankur K. Dalsania ◽  
Jesse Kohl ◽  
Cindy E. Kumah ◽  
Zeqing Shen ◽  
Christopher E. Petoukhoff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polaritons ◽  
Organic Semiconductor ◽  
Metal Film ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Exciton Emission ◽  
Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Plasmon Polaritons

This work presents an experimental investigation of enhancing surface plasmon polariton coupling to semiconductor emission by tailoring metal film thickness.

Energy-tunable photocatalysis by hot carriers generated by surface plasmon polaritons

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 7015-7024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wonmi Ahn ◽  
Igor Vurgaftman ◽  
Jeremy J. Pietron ◽  
Pehr E. Pehrsson ◽  
Blake S. Simpkins
Keyword(s):  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polaritons ◽  
Metal Film ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Bare Metal ◽  
Hot Carriers ◽  
Carrier Generation ◽  
Hot Carrier ◽  
Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Plasmon Polaritons

Hot carrier generation by surface plasmon polariton was demonstrated in a metal/semiconductor heterofilm and a bare metal film for energy-tunable photocatalysis.

Investigation of Optical Microring Resonator Based on Surface Plasmon Polariton

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-116
Author(s):  
Lovepreet Kaur ◽  
Sanjeev Dewra
Keyword(s):  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polaritons ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Optical Power ◽  
Microring Resonator ◽  
Transmission Power ◽  
Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Plasmon Polaritons

AbstractThis article presents the architecture of optical microring resonator based on surface plasmon polaritons using different profile materials like silicon (Si), silver (Ag) and gold (Au). It is observed that 3.53e-005 w/m, 6.92e-005 w/m, 7.05e-005 w/m received optical powers are achieved in silicon (Si), silver (Ag) and gold (Au) profile materials, respectively, of optical microring resonator at 0.1 w/m minimum input transmission power for 1.55 μm input transmission wavelength. The result shows that the silicon profile is best for designing the optical microring resonator in terms of received optical power.

scholarly journals Massive surface-plasmon polaritons

Nanophotonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolai B. Chichkov ◽  
Andrey B. Evlyukhin ◽  
Boris N. Chichkov
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Laws ◽  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polaritons ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Rest Mass ◽  
Momentum Conservation ◽  
Surface Phonon ◽  
Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Energy And Momentum ◽  
Plasmon Polaritons

Abstract It is well-known that a quantum of light (photon) has a zero mass in vacuum. Entering into a medium the photon creates a quasiparticle (polariton, plasmon, surface-phonon, surface-plasmon polariton, etc.) whose rest mass is generally not zero. In this letter, devoted to the memory of Mark Stockman, we evaluate the rest mass of light-induced surface-plasmon polaritons (SPPs) and discuss an idea that collisions of two massive SPP quasiparticles can result in changes of their frequencies according to the energy and momentum conservation laws.

scholarly journals Unidirectional and bidirectional coupling of surface plasmons based on nonperiodic nano slit array

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Aparna Udupi ◽  
Mruthyunjaya Somasekhara Handigod ◽  
Sathish Madhava Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Wave Front ◽  
Fiber Optics ◽  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polaritons ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Ieee Photon ◽  
Metal Insulator Metal ◽  
Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Mim Waveguide ◽  
Plasmon Polaritons

A 2D structure made up of nano slits to couple free space mode of any given wave front to a propagating Surface Plasmon Polariton (SPP) mode of Metal Insulator Metal (MIM) waveguide is proposed. The structure can be designed to act as either a unidirectional coupler or a bidirectional coupler. Designed structures are simulated using FEM technique and results for circular and plane wave fronts are demonstrated. From the results obtained, it is observed that there is an optimum aperture size for coupling maximum power into the MIM waveguide for the case of circular wave front. Full Text: PDF ReferencesMaier S A, Plasmonics: fundamentals and applications (Springer, Berlin 2007). CrossRef Chen J et al.,"Efficient unidirectional generation of surface plasmon polaritons with asymmetric single-nanoslit", Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 4 (2010) CrossRef Yang X et al., "Unidirectional generation of surface plasmon polaritons by a single right-angled trapezoid metallic nanoslit", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 50, 4 (2017). CrossRef Lu F et al. "An efficient and ultra-broadband unidirectional optical coupler for wide incidence angles", Opt. Commun., 379 (2016). CrossRef Liu D et al., "New RLL Decoding Algorithm for Multiple Candidates in Visible Light Communication", IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., 27, 15 (2015). CrossRef Wang C M et al., "Angle-Independent Infrared Filter Assisted by Localized Surface Plasmon Polariton", IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., 20, 13 (2008). CrossRef Wang C M, Feng D Y, "Omnidirectional thermal emitter based on plasmonic nanoantenna arrays", Opt. Express 22, 2 (2014). CrossRef Huang Y, Min C and Veronis G, "Light trapping by backside diffraction gratings in silicon solar cells revisited", Opt. Express 20, 20 (2012). CrossRef Liang X et al., "Undirectional launcher of surface plasmon polaritons based on subwavelength slits with side-illumination and backside-illumination", Optik 127, 3 (2016). CrossRef Dionne J A, Lezec H J and Atwater H A, "Highly Confined Photon Transport in Subwavelength Metallic Slot Waveguides", Nano letters 6, 9 (2006). CrossRef Ghatak, A., & Thyagarajan, K, An introduction to fiber optics Cambridge university press 1998). CrossRef Vial A et al., "Improved analytical fit of gold dispersion: Application to the modeling of extinction spectra with a finite-difference time-domain method", Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter, 71, 8 (2005). CrossRef

Modeling of a Surface Plasmon Polariton Interferometer

2003 ◽  
Vol 797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Coello ◽  
Thomas Søndergaard ◽  
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Beam Splitter ◽  
Optical Interferometer ◽  
Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Plasmon Polaritons ◽  
Calculated Intensity ◽  
Good Agreement ◽  
Dipolar Model

ABSTRACTWe model the operation of a micro-optical interferometer for surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) that comprises an SPP beam-splitter formed by equivalent scatterers lined up and equally spaced. The numerical calculations are carried out by using a vector dipolar model for multiple SPP scattering. The SPP beam-splitter is simulated for different angles of the incident SPP beam, radii of the particles, and inter-particle distances in order to find a suitable configuration for realization of a 3dB SPP beam-splitter. The results obtained are in good agreement with experimental data available in the literature. The feasibility of fabricating an interferometer is thereby corroborated and the calculated intensity maps are found rather similar to those experimentally reported.

scholarly journals Optical Dispersions of Bloch Surface Waves and Surface Plasmon Polaritons: Towards Advanced Biosensors

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 3147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zigmas Balevicius ◽  
Algirdas Baskys
Keyword(s):  
Surface Waves ◽  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Total Internal Reflection ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Wavelength Scanning ◽  
Bk7 Glass ◽  
Plasmon Polariton ◽  
Plasmon Polaritons ◽  
Total Internal Reflection Ellipsometry

The total internal reflection ellipsometry (TIRE) method was used for the excitation and study of the sensitivity features of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) and Bloch surface waves (BSWs) resonances. For the BSWs generation distributed Bragg gratings were formed on the tops of the substrates (BK7 glass substrate), which had six bilayers of ~120 nm SiO2 and ~40 nm TiO2 and 40 nm of TiO2 on the top. The SPP sample consisted of the BK7 glass prism and a gold layer (45 nm). Numerical calculations of the optical dispersions and the experimental TIRE data have shown that SPP resonance overtake the BSWs in wavelength scanning by a factor of about 17. However, for the ellipsometric parameters Ψ and Δ in the vicinity of excitations, the BSW sensitivity is comparable with SPP. The obtained resolutions were Δ S P P = 7.14 × 10 − 6 R I U , Ψ S P P = 1.7 × 10 − 5 R I U for the SPP and Δ B S W = 8.7 × 10 − 6 R I U , Ψ B S W = 2.7 × 10 − 5 R I U for the BSW. The capabilities of both surface excitations are discussed from the sensitivity point of view in the design of these advanced biosensors.

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