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...
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| author | Siddharth Buddhiraju Yu Shi Alex Song Casey Wojcik Momchil Minkov Ian A. D. Williamson Avik Dutt Shanhui Fan |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-eb9309a5dbda4f08b6766ddf7cf438592022-12-21T22:54:44ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-02-011111610.1038/s41467-020-14504-9Absence of unidirectionally propagating surface plasmon-polaritons at nonreciprocal metal-dielectric interfacesSiddharth Buddhiraju0Yu Shi1Alex Song2Casey Wojcik3Momchil Minkov4Ian A. D. Williamson5Avik Dutt6Shanhui Fan7Ginzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford UniversityGinzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford UniversityGinzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford UniversityGinzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford UniversityGinzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford UniversityGinzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford UniversityGinzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford UniversityGinzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford UniversityThe 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14504-9 |
| spellingShingle | Siddharth Buddhiraju Yu Shi Alex Song Casey Wojcik Momchil Minkov Ian A. D. Williamson Avik Dutt Shanhui Fan Absence of unidirectionally propagating surface plasmon-polaritons at nonreciprocal metal-dielectric interfaces Nature Communications |
| title | Absence of unidirectionally propagating surface plasmon-polaritons at nonreciprocal metal-dielectric interfaces |
| title_full | Absence of unidirectionally propagating surface plasmon-polaritons at nonreciprocal metal-dielectric interfaces |
| title_fullStr | Absence of unidirectionally propagating surface plasmon-polaritons at nonreciprocal metal-dielectric interfaces |
| title_full_unstemmed | Absence of unidirectionally propagating surface plasmon-polaritons at nonreciprocal metal-dielectric interfaces |
| title_short | Absence of unidirectionally propagating surface plasmon-polaritons at nonreciprocal metal-dielectric interfaces |
| title_sort | absence of unidirectionally propagating surface plasmon polaritons at nonreciprocal metal dielectric interfaces |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14504-9 |
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