Resonant plasmon-soliton interaction

Konstantin Y. Bliokh, Yury P. Bliokh, Albert Ferrando

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    Abstract

    We describe an effective resonant interaction between two localized wave modes of different nature: a plasmon polariton at a metal surface and a self-focusing beam (spatial soliton) in a nonlinear dielectric medium. Propagating in the same direction, they represent an exotic coupled-waveguide system, where the resonant interaction is controlled by the soliton amplitude. This nonlinear system manifests hybridized plasmon-soliton eigenmodes, mutual conversion, and nonadiabatic switching, which offer exciting opportunities for manipulation of plasmons via spatial solitons.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number041803
    JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
    Volume79
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2009

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