Title :
Deterministic Synthesis of Optical Vortices in Tailored Plasmonic Archimedes Spiral
Author :
Chen-Da Ku ; Wei-Lun Huang ; Jer-Shing Huang ; Chen-Bin Huang
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics Technol., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
We demonstrate that the shape and the orientation of a surface plasmon (SP) vortex can be deterministically tailored through the geometrical design of a plasmonic Archimedes spiral (PAS). Noncircular SP vortices exhibiting “c,” triangular, and square patterns are successfully synthesized under circular polarized plane-wave excitations. We provide clear evidence that the topological charges of the shaped SP vortices are dominated by the PAS under all geometrical settings. Our analytical description for the vortices shows excellent agreement with numerical simulations. Our design principle provides unique opportunity to manipulate nanoscale intensity and phase distribution of optical field on a flat area and may find interesting applications in plasmonic optical trapping and subwavelength patterning.
Keywords :
numerical analysis; optical vortices; plasmonics; radiation pressure; surface plasmons; circular polarized plane-wave excitations; nanoscale intensity; noncircular SP vortices; numerical simulations; optical field; optical vortices; phase distribution; plasmonic archimedes spiral; plasmonic optical trapping; subwavelength patterning; surface plasmon vortex; Finite difference methods; Geometrical optics; Optical polarization; Optical vortices; Plasmons; Spirals; Time-domain analysis; Surface plasmons (SPs); optical vortices; plasmonics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2261802