Controlling plasmonic hot spots by interfering airy beams

Angela E. Klein; Alexander Minovich; Michael Steinert; Norik Janunts; Andreas Tünnermann; Dragomir N. Neshev; Yuri S. Kivshar; Thomas Pertsch

doi:10.1364/OL.37.003402

Controlling plasmonic hot spots by interfering airy beams

Angela E. Klein^*, Alexander Minovich, Michael Steinert, Norik Janunts, Andreas Tünnermann, Dragomir N. Neshev, Yuri S. Kivshar, Thomas Pertsch

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We predict and demonstrate the generation of a plasmonic hot spot on the surface of a metal film by the interference of two Airy surface plasmons. We show that the position of the hot spot can be controlled by the distance between the excitation gratings as well as by the phase front of the initial excitation. The observed effect constitutes a planar analogy to Airy beam autofocusing and offers new opportunities for spatially resolved surface plasmon sensing and optical surface tweezers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3402-3404
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	37
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.003402
Publication status	Published - 15 Aug 2012

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