Title :
Loss-proof self-accelerating plasmons and exponentially growing beams
Author :
Schley, Ran ; Kaminer, Ido ; Greenfield, Elad ; Bekenstein, Rivka ; Bartal, Guy ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We introduce a new class of 1 & 2-dimensional beams that overcome both diffraction & absorption, enabling accelerating plasmons that maintain their intensity profile. In free space these beams exhibit a counterintuitive exponential intensity growth.
Keywords :
light absorption; light diffraction; plasmonics; surface plasmons; 1-dimensional beams; 2-dimensional beams; counterintuitive exponential intensity growth; exponentially growing beams; free space; intensity profile; light absorption; light diffraction; loss-proof self-accelerating plasmons; Acceleration; Laser beams; Media; Optical losses; Optical surface waves; Particle beams; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
