Controlling the phase and amplitude of plasmon sources at a subwavelength scale.

Lerosey, G; Pile, D F P; Matheu, P; Bartal, G; Zhang, X · Nano Lett · 2009

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We present a new class of nanoscale plasmonic sources based on subwavelength dielectric cavities embedded in a metal slab. Exploiting the strong dispersion near the Fabry-Perot resonance in such a resonator, we control the phase and the amplitude of the generated plasmons at the subwavelength scale. As an example, we present a subwavelength unidirectional plasmonic antenna utilizing interference between two plasmonic cavity sources with matched phase and amplitude.

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