Plasmonic Bloch oscillations in chirped metal-dielectric structures
Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 161105 (2009); doi:10.1063/1.3119666
Published 21 April 2009
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We study the propagation of plasmon polaritons in one-dimensional chirped metal-dielectric layered structures. We find an optical Wannier–Stark ladder in the mode spectrum and analyze Bloch oscillations associated with the coupling of surface plasmons localized at the metal-dielectric interfaces. For long structures, we find that the energy flow may dramatically change its direction, thus providing possibilities for the beam steering in the transmission band.
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| History: | Received 26 November 2008; accepted 24 February 2009; published 21 April 2009 |
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