Open AccessReconfigurable surface plasmon polariton wave adapter designed by transformation optics
Author(s) -
Bayaner Arigong,
Jinghai Shao,
Han Ren,
Geng Zheng,
Jeffrey Lutkenhaus,
Hyoungsoo Kim,
Yuankun Lin,
Hualiang Zhang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.013789
Subject(s) - surface plasmon polariton , plasmon , adapter (computing) , optics , surface plasmon , transformation optics , materials science , polariton , optoelectronics , surface wave , fabrication , extraordinary optical transmission , computer science , metamaterial , physics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , operating system
In this paper, we propose a reconfigurable surface plasmon polariton (SPP) wave adapter designed by transformation optics, which can control the propagation of SPP waves on un-even surfaces. The proposed plasmonic device is constructed using homogeneously tunable materials (e.g. liquid crystals) so that the corresponding SPP wave transmission can be reconfigured by applying different voltages. Additionally, modified designs optimized for practical fabrication parameters are investigated. Their performance is verified by full-wave simulations. The proposed devices will pave the way towards developing tunable plasmonic devices.