Manipulation of plasmonic wavefront and light-matter interaction in metallic nanostructures：A brief review

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/23/4/047305

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
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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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