Transformation plasmonics
Surface plasmons polaritons (SPPs) at metal/dielectric interfaces have raised lots of expectations in the on-going quest towards scaling down optical devices. SPP optics offers a powerful and flexible platform for real two-dimensional integrated optics, capable of supporting both light and electrons...
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| author | Kadic Muamer Guenneau Sébastien Enoch Stefan Huidobro Paloma A. Martín-Moreno Luis García-Vidal Francisco J. Renger Jan Quidant Romain |
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| description | Surface plasmons polaritons (SPPs) at metal/dielectric interfaces have raised lots of expectations in the on-going quest towards scaling down optical devices. SPP optics offers a powerful and flexible platform for real two-dimensional integrated optics, capable of supporting both light and electrons. Yet, a full exploitation of the features of SPPs is conditioned by an accurate control of their flow. Most efforts have so far focused on the extrapolation of concepts borrowed from guided optics. This strategy has already led to many important breakthroughs but a fully deterministic control of SPP modes remains a challenge. Recently, the field of optics was stimulated by a novel paradigm, transformation optics, which offers the capability to control light flow in any desired fashion. While it has already significantly contributed to the design of metamaterials with unprecedented optical properties, its versatility offers new opportunities towards a fully deterministic control of SPPs and the design of a new class of plasmonic functionalities. Here, we review recent progress in the application of transformation optics to SPPs. We first briefly describe the theoretical formalism of transformation plasmonics, focusing on its specificities over its three-dimensional optical counterpart. Numerical simulations are then used to illustrate its capability to tame SPP flows at a metal interface patterned with a dielectric load. Finally, we review recent experimental implementations leading to unique SPP functionalities at optical frequencies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b2896b06fedb49edb0f49431231ad6d02022-12-21T22:39:58ZengDe GruyterNanophotonics2192-86062192-86142012-07-0111516410.1515/nanoph-2012-0011Transformation plasmonicsKadic Muamer0Guenneau Sébastien1Enoch Stefan2Huidobro Paloma A.3Martín-Moreno Luis4García-Vidal Francisco J.5Renger Jan6Quidant Romain7Institut Fresnel, CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Campus Universitaire de Saint-Jérôme, 13013 Marseille, FranceInstitut Fresnel, CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Campus Universitaire de Saint-Jérôme, 13013 Marseille, FranceInstitut Fresnel, CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Campus Universitaire de Saint-Jérôme, 13013 Marseille, FranceDepartamento de Física Teorica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, SpainInstituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon and Departamento de Fisica de la Materia Condensada, ICMA-Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50009, SpainDepartamento de Física Teorica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, SpainICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Mediterranean Technology Park, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), SpainICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Mediterranean Technology Park, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), SpainSurface plasmons polaritons (SPPs) at metal/dielectric interfaces have raised lots of expectations in the on-going quest towards scaling down optical devices. SPP optics offers a powerful and flexible platform for real two-dimensional integrated optics, capable of supporting both light and electrons. Yet, a full exploitation of the features of SPPs is conditioned by an accurate control of their flow. Most efforts have so far focused on the extrapolation of concepts borrowed from guided optics. This strategy has already led to many important breakthroughs but a fully deterministic control of SPP modes remains a challenge. Recently, the field of optics was stimulated by a novel paradigm, transformation optics, which offers the capability to control light flow in any desired fashion. While it has already significantly contributed to the design of metamaterials with unprecedented optical properties, its versatility offers new opportunities towards a fully deterministic control of SPPs and the design of a new class of plasmonic functionalities. Here, we review recent progress in the application of transformation optics to SPPs. We first briefly describe the theoretical formalism of transformation plasmonics, focusing on its specificities over its three-dimensional optical counterpart. Numerical simulations are then used to illustrate its capability to tame SPP flows at a metal interface patterned with a dielectric load. Finally, we review recent experimental implementations leading to unique SPP functionalities at optical frequencies.https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2012-0011cloakingmetamaterialplasmonicssurface plasmon polaritontransformation opticstransformation plasmonics |
| spellingShingle | Kadic Muamer Guenneau Sébastien Enoch Stefan Huidobro Paloma A. Martín-Moreno Luis García-Vidal Francisco J. Renger Jan Quidant Romain Transformation plasmonics Nanophotonics cloaking metamaterial plasmonics surface plasmon polariton transformation optics transformation plasmonics |
| title | Transformation plasmonics |
| title_full | Transformation plasmonics |
| title_fullStr | Transformation plasmonics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transformation plasmonics |
| title_short | Transformation plasmonics |
| title_sort | transformation plasmonics |
| topic | cloaking metamaterial plasmonics surface plasmon polariton transformation optics transformation plasmonics |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2012-0011 |
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