Mapping plasmonic topological states at the nanoscale

Ivan S. Sinev, Ivan S. Mukhin, Alexey P. Slobozhanyuk, Alexander N. Poddubny, Andrey E. Miroshnichenko*, Anton K. Samusev, Yuri S. Kivshar

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    Abstract

    We report on the first experimental observation of topological edge states in zigzag chains of plasmonic nanodisks. We demonstrate that such edge states can be selectively excited with the linear polarization of the incident light, and visualize them directly by near-field scanning optical microscopy. Our work provides experimental verification of a novel paradigm for manipulating light at the nanoscale in topologically nontrivial structures.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)11904-11908
    Number of pages5
    JournalNanoscale
    Volume7
    Issue number28
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 28 Jul 2015

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