• DocumentCode
    2712206
  • Title

    Efficient optical excitation of THz plasmons on a structured metal surface

  • Author

    Bakunov, Michael I. ; Tsarev, Maxim V. ; Bodrov, Sergey B.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-10 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose to launch terahertz surface plasmons on corrugated metal surfaces by ultrashort laser pulses. The plasmons are emitted by nonlinear polarization created by the pulse in a strip of electro-optic medium deposited on the surface. The technique can be used for terahertz surface spectroscopy.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical effects; excited states; surface plasmons; terahertz wave spectra; corrugated metal surfaces; efficient optical excitation; electrooptic medium; nonlinear polarization; structured metal surface; terahertz surface plasmons; terahertz surface spectroscopy; ultrashort laser pulses; Metals; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; Strips; Surface treatment; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6655-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612568
  • Filename
    5612568