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Patrice Genevet1, Jean Dellinger, Romain Blanchard

  • 1School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.

Optics Express
|April 24, 2013
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Researchers developed a novel plasmonic bottle beam, a 2D surface wave with alternating high and low intensity regions. This new plasmonic wave, featuring engineered hot spots, shows potential for plasmonic trapping applications.

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Area of Science:

  • Photonics and Plasmonics
  • Surface Wave Physics

Background:

  • Optical bottle beams are 3D light structures with unique intensity profiles.
  • Surface waves, or plasmons, can confine light to surfaces.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and characterize a two-dimensional plasmonic bottle beam.
  • To explore its potential applications in plasmonic trapping.

Main Methods:

  • Interference of a non-diffracting beam (cosine-Gaussian) and a plane wave.
  • Engineering the propagation constant of the cosine-Gaussian beam.

Main Results:

  • Creation of a 2D surface wave with a lattice of plasmonic bottles.
  • Alternating regions of high intensity (hot spots) surrounded by low intensities.

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  • Tunable size and number of plasmonic bottles by controlling beam parameters.

    • Conclusions:

    • The novel plasmonic bottle beam offers a new platform for controlling light at the nanoscale.
    • The engineered lattice of hot spots is promising for applications like plasmonic trapping.