Near-field surface plasmons on quasicrystal metasurfaces

Abstract Excitation and manipulation of surface plasmons (SPs) are essential in developing cutting-edge plasmonic devices for medical diagnostics, biochemical spectroscopy and communications. The most common approach involves designing an array of periodic slits or grating apertures that enables cou...

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Autores principales: Quanlong Yang, Xueqian Zhang, Shaoxian Li, Quan Xu, Ranjan Singh, Yongmin Liu, Yanfeng Li, Sergey S. Kruk, Jianqiang Gu, Jiaguang Han, Weili Zhang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:55df09b85d8d4000b18696cfad2356c52021-12-02T16:08:01ZNear-field surface plasmons on quasicrystal metasurfaces10.1038/s41598-016-0027-y2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/55df09b85d8d4000b18696cfad2356c52016-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-016-0027-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Excitation and manipulation of surface plasmons (SPs) are essential in developing cutting-edge plasmonic devices for medical diagnostics, biochemical spectroscopy and communications. The most common approach involves designing an array of periodic slits or grating apertures that enables coupling of the incident light to the SP modes. In recent years, plasmonic resonances, including extraordinary optical transmission through periodic arrays, quasicrystals and random aperture arrays, have been investigated in the free space. However, most of the studies have been limited to the far field detection of the transmission resonance. Here, we perform near-field measurements of the SPs on quasicrystal metasurfaces. We discover that the reciprocal vector determines the propagation modes of the SPs in the quasicrystal lattice which can be well explained by the quasi-momentum conservation rule. Our findings demonstrate vast potential in developing plasmonic metasurfaces with unique device functionalities that are controlled by the propagation modes of the SPs in quasicrystals.Quanlong YangXueqian ZhangShaoxian LiQuan XuRanjan SinghYongmin LiuYanfeng LiSergey S. KrukJianqiang GuJiaguang HanWeili ZhangNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2016)
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Quanlong Yang
Xueqian Zhang
Shaoxian Li
Quan Xu
Ranjan Singh
Yongmin Liu
Yanfeng Li
Sergey S. Kruk
Jianqiang Gu
Jiaguang Han
Weili Zhang
Near-field surface plasmons on quasicrystal metasurfaces
description Abstract Excitation and manipulation of surface plasmons (SPs) are essential in developing cutting-edge plasmonic devices for medical diagnostics, biochemical spectroscopy and communications. The most common approach involves designing an array of periodic slits or grating apertures that enables coupling of the incident light to the SP modes. In recent years, plasmonic resonances, including extraordinary optical transmission through periodic arrays, quasicrystals and random aperture arrays, have been investigated in the free space. However, most of the studies have been limited to the far field detection of the transmission resonance. Here, we perform near-field measurements of the SPs on quasicrystal metasurfaces. We discover that the reciprocal vector determines the propagation modes of the SPs in the quasicrystal lattice which can be well explained by the quasi-momentum conservation rule. Our findings demonstrate vast potential in developing plasmonic metasurfaces with unique device functionalities that are controlled by the propagation modes of the SPs in quasicrystals.
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author Quanlong Yang
Xueqian Zhang
Shaoxian Li
Quan Xu
Ranjan Singh
Yongmin Liu
Yanfeng Li
Sergey S. Kruk
Jianqiang Gu
Jiaguang Han
Weili Zhang
author_facet Quanlong Yang
Xueqian Zhang
Shaoxian Li
Quan Xu
Ranjan Singh
Yongmin Liu
Yanfeng Li
Sergey S. Kruk
Jianqiang Gu
Jiaguang Han
Weili Zhang
author_sort Quanlong Yang
title Near-field surface plasmons on quasicrystal metasurfaces
title_short Near-field surface plasmons on quasicrystal metasurfaces
title_full Near-field surface plasmons on quasicrystal metasurfaces
title_fullStr Near-field surface plasmons on quasicrystal metasurfaces
title_full_unstemmed Near-field surface plasmons on quasicrystal metasurfaces
title_sort near-field surface plasmons on quasicrystal metasurfaces
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2016
url https://doaj.org/article/55df09b85d8d4000b18696cfad2356c5
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