Manipulation of surface plasmon polaritons by phase modulation of incident light

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 224-229

  Yuan, G H ^a   Yuan, X C ^b   Bu, J ^b   Tan, P S ^a   Wang, Q ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE MODULATION; PHONONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLIDS; TOPOLOGY;

IN-PLANE; INCIDENT LIGHT; INCIDENT LIGHT BEAMS; NUMERICAL VERIFICATION; OPTICAL VORTICES; PHASE TRANSFORM; PLASMONIC; RE-CONFIGURABLE; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 78651362449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.000224     Document Type: Article

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