Airy plasmons: non-diffracting optical surface waves

    Authors

    A. E. Minovich; A. E. Klein; D. N. Neshev; T. Pertsch; Y. S. Kivshar;D. N. Christodoulides

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Laser Photon. Rev.

    Keywords

    Surface-plasmon polaritons; nanophotonics; non-diffracting beams; Airy; waves; Airy surface plasmons; ABRUPTLY AUTOFOCUSING WAVES; ACCELERATING BEAMS; GENERATION; MANIPULATION; WAVEPACKETS; POTENTIALS; PACKETS; LASER; Optics; Physics, Applied; Physics, Condensed Matter

    Abstract

    Airy beams represent an important class of non-diffracting waves which can be realized on a flat surface. Being generated in the form of surface-plasmon polaritons, such Airy plasmons demonstrate many remarkable properties: they do not diffract while propagating along parabolic trajectories, and they recover their shape after passing through obstacles. This paper reviews the basic physics of Airy plasmons in both paraxial and non-paraxial cases, and describes the experimental methods for generation of Airy surface waves on metal surfaces, including a control of their trajectories, as well as the interference of Airy plasmons and hot-spot generation. Many unusual properties of Airy plasmons can be utilized for useful applications, including plasmonic circuitry and surface tweezers. Picture: Observation of two colliding Airy plasmons.

    Journal Title

    Laser & Photonics Reviews

    Volume

    8

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Review

    Language

    English

    First Page

    221

    Last Page

    232

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000332341800005

    ISSN

    1863-8880

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