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Determination of the Excitation and Coupling Rates Between Light Emitters and Surface Plasmon Polaritons
Published on: July 21, 2018
One-way extraordinary optical transmission and nonreciprocal spoof plasmons
Alexander B Khanikaev1, S Hossein Mousavi, Gennady Shvets
1Department of Physics and Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas at Austin, One University Station, Austin, Texas 78712, USA. khanikaev@gmail.com
Abstract:
We introduce a concept of a nonreciprocal spoof surface plasmon: an electromagnetic wave supported by a structured conductor embedded in an asymmetric magneto-optical medium and exhibiting a nonreciprocal dispersion. It is demonstrated analytically and by first-principles electromagnetic simulations that, by breaking the time-reversal symmetry, nonreciprocal spoof surface plasmons enable a dramatic optical response: one-way extraordinary optical transmission.

