• DocumentCode
    690095
  • Title

    Slow light femtosecond pulses by adiabatic plasmonic nanofocusing

  • Author

    Kravtsov, Vasily ; Atkin, Joanna M. ; Raschke, Markus B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate broadband slow light through adiabatic nanofocusing of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) on a conical tip. A few femtosecond group delay for nanofocused pulses is found, corresponding to an SPP velocity of less than 0.2c at the apex of the tip.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; optical focusing; polaritons; slow light; surface plasmons; SPP velocity; adiabatic plasmonic nanofocusing; broadband slow light; conical tip; femtosecond group delay; nanofocused pulses; slow light femtosecond pulses; surface plasmon polaritons; Broadband communication; Delay effects; Dispersion; Optical interferometry; Plasmons; Slow light; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834487