Absence of unidirectionally propagating surface plasmon-polaritons at nonreciprocal metal-dielectric interfaces
The local Drude model predicts that, under certain conditions, surface plasmon polaritons at a metal-dielectric surface have a frequency range where only unidirectional propagation is supported. Here, the authors show that in more realistic non-local models surface plasmon polaritons exhibit bidirec...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2020-02-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14504-9 |
| Summary: | The local Drude model predicts that, under certain conditions, surface plasmon polaritons at a metal-dielectric surface have a frequency range where only unidirectional propagation is supported. Here, the authors show that in more realistic non-local models surface plasmon polaritons exhibit bidirectional propagation for all frequencies. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |