Self-imaging and caustics in two-dimensional surface plasmon optics

We study theoretically the surface plasmon electromagnetic field in the plane of the interface along which it propagates. Arbitrary Surface plasmon fields are expressed by a linear superposition of elementary surface plasmon modes, thus obtaining an expression for the inplane components similar to t...

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Autores: GABRIEL CONSTANTINO MARTINEZ NICONOFF, HECTOR HUGO SANCHEZ HERNANDEZ, ARMANDO PEREZ LEIJA
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:México
Recursos:Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional del INAOE
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1009/1131
Acesso em linha:http://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/1131
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Resumo:We study theoretically the surface plasmon electromagnetic field in the plane of the interface along which it propagates. Arbitrary Surface plasmon fields are expressed by a linear superposition of elementary surface plasmon modes, thus obtaining an expression for the inplane components similar to the angular spectrum model, which establishes the formal foundations of a two-dimensional surface plasmon optics. From this representation, we obtain the general description for surface plasmon modes be having as in-plane diffraction free beams. These new modes with their corresponding phase parameters are used to study surface plasmon self-imaging phenomenon and the synthesis of surface plasmon singularity regions (caustics) of surface plasmon fields, proposing experimental means to observe both.