Title :
Nonlinear Surface Plasmon Polaritons and the Ponderomotive Force
Author :
Ginzburg, Pavel ; Hayat, Alex ; Feigenbaum, Eyal ; Berkovitch, Nikolai ; Orenstein, Meir
Author_Institution :
Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
Self focusing and spectral shaping of single-interface plasmon polariton due to the intrinsic metal plasma nonlinearity is predicted. Initial experimental demonstration of the above phenomena is reported.
Keywords :
polaritons; self-focusing; surface plasmons; intrinsic metal plasma nonlinearity; nonlinear surface plasmon polaritons; ponderomotive force; self focusing; single-interface plasmon polariton; spectral shaping; Dielectric constant; Electrons; Frequency; Optical surface waves; Plasma applications; Plasma density; Plasma materials processing; Plasma properties; Plasma waves; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382561
