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Chin. Phys. B, 2014, Vol. 23(4): 047305    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/4/047305
Special Issue: TOPICAL REVIEW — Plasmonics and metamaterials
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Manipulation of plasmonic wavefront and light-matter interaction in metallic nanostructures:A brief review

Li Jia-Fang (李家方), Li Zhi-Yuan (李志远)
Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Abstract  The control and application of surface plasmons (SPs), is introduced with particular emphasis on the manipulation of the plasmonic wavefront and light-matter interaction in metallic nanostructures. We introduce a direct design methodology called the surface wave holography method and show that it can be readily employed for wave-front shaping of near-infrared light through a subwavelength hole, it can also be used for designing holographic plasmonic lenses for SPs with complex wavefronts in the visible band. We also discuss several issues of light-matter interaction in plasmonic nanostructures. We show theoretically that amplification of SPs can be achieved in metal nanoparticles incorporated with gain media, leading to a giant reduction of surface plasmon resonance linewidth and enhancement of local electric field intensity. We present an all-analytical semiclassical theory to evaluate spaser performance in a plasmonic nanocavity incorporated with gain media described by the four-level atomic model. We experimentally demonstrate amplified spontaneous emission of SP polaritons and their amplification at the interface between a silver film and a polymer film doped with dye molecules. We discuss various aspects of microscopic and macroscopic manipulation of fluorescent radiation from gold nanorod hybrid structures in a system of either a single nanoparticle or an aligned group of nanoparticles. The findings reported and reviewed here could help others explore various approaches and schemes to manipulate plasmonic wavefront and light-matter interaction in metallic nanostructures for potential applications, such as optical displays, information integration, and energy harvesting technologies.
Keywords:  surface plasmons      surface wave holography      surface plasmon amplification      fluorescence enhancement      gold nanorods  
Received:  27 November 2013      Revised:  24 December 2013      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  73.20.Mf (Collective excitations (including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations))  
  41.20.Jb (Electromagnetic wave propagation; radiowave propagation)  
  78.67.-n (Optical properties of low-dimensional, mesoscopic, and nanoscale materials and structures)  
  42.60.Da (Resonators, cavities, amplifiers, arrays, and rings)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2013CB632704 and 2013CB922404), the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KJCX2-EW-W02), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11104342 and 11374357).
Corresponding Authors:  Li Jia-Fang, Li Zhi-Yuan     E-mail:  jiafangli@aphy.iphy.ac.cn;lizy@aphy.iphy.ac.cn
About author:  73.20.Mf; 41.20.Jb; 78.67.-n; 42.60.Da

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Li Jia-Fang (李家方), Li Zhi-Yuan (李志远) Manipulation of plasmonic wavefront and light-matter interaction in metallic nanostructures:A brief review 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 047305

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