Subwavelength plasmonic kinks in arrays of metallic nanoparticles

Roman E. Noskov*, Pavel A. Belov, Yuri S. Kivshar

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Abstract

We analyze nonlinear effects in optically driven arrays of nonlinear metallic nanoparticles. We demonstrate that such plasmonic systems are characterized by a bistable response, and they can support the propagation of dissipative switching waves (or plasmonic kinks) connecting the states with different polarization. We study numerically the properties of such plasmonic kinks which are characterized by a subwavelength extent and a tunable velocity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2733-2739
Number of pages7
JournalOptics Express
Volume20
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Jan 2012
Externally publishedYes

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