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31 March 2023 Meta-optics inspired surface plasmon devices
Quan Xu, Yuanhao Lang, Xiaohan Jiang, Xinyao Yuan, Yuehong Xu, Jianqiang Gu, Zhen Tian, Chunmei Ouyang, Xueqian Zhang, Jiaguang Han, Weili Zhang
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Abstract

Surface plasmons (SPs) are electromagnetic surface waves that propagate at the interface between a conductor and a dielectric. Due to their unique ability to concentrate light on two-dimensional platforms and produce very high local-field intensity, SPs have rapidly fueled a variety of fundamental advances and practical applications. In parallel, the development of metamaterials and metasurfaces has rapidly revolutionized the design concepts of traditional optical devices, fostering the exciting field of meta-optics. This review focuses on recent progress of meta-optics inspired SP devices, which are implemented by the careful design of subwavelength structures and the arrangement of their spatial distributions. Devices of general interest, including coupling devices, on-chip tailoring devices, and decoupling devices, as well as nascent SP applications empowered by sophisticated usage of meta-optics, are introduced and discussed.

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Quan Xu, Yuanhao Lang, Xiaohan Jiang, Xinyao Yuan, Yuehong Xu, Jianqiang Gu, Zhen Tian, Chunmei Ouyang, Xueqian Zhang, Jiaguang Han, and Weili Zhang "Meta-optics inspired surface plasmon devices," Photonics Insights 2(1), R02 (31 March 2023). https://doi.org/10.3788/PI.2023.R02
Received: 17 October 2022; Accepted: 17 January 2023; Published: 31 March 2023
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KEYWORDS
Surface plasmons

Plasmonics

Design and modelling

Resonators

Polarization

Metals

Scanning electron microscopy

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