Slowing down surface plasmons on a moiré surface.

Autor: Kocabas A; Department of Physics, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey., Senlik SS, Aydinli A
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2009 Feb 13; Vol. 102 (6), pp. 063901. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Feb 09.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.063901
Abstrakt: We have demonstrated slow propagation of surface plasmons on metallic Moiré surfaces. The phase shift at the node of the Moiré surface localizes the propagating surface plasmons and adjacent nodes form weakly coupled plasmonic cavities. Group velocities around v_{g}=0.44c at the center of the coupled cavity band and almost a zero group velocity at the band edges are observed. A tight binding model is used to understand the coupling behavior. Furthermore, the sinusoidally modified amplitude about the node suppresses the radiation losses and reveals a relatively high quality factor (Q=103).
Databáze: MEDLINE