Controlling the state of surface plasmon vortex by changing the topological charge and polarization state

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7757, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lee, Seung Yeol ^a   Park, Junghyun ^a   Kim, Hwi ^b   Cho, Seong Woo ^a   Lee, Byoungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dark spot; Plasmonic vortex lens; Surface plasmon; Vortex topological charge

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM STATE; DARK SPOTS; HOT SPOT; INCIDENT BEAMS; PHASE DELAY; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC LENS; POLARIZATION STATE; SURFACE PLASMON; SURFACE PLASMONS; THREE PARAMETERS; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES; VORTEX TOPOLOGICAL CHARGE;

EXCITED STATES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TOPOLOGY; VORTEX FLOW;

PLASMONS;

EID: 79952685429     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.861168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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