Self-focusing and spatial plasmon-polariton solitons

Opt Express. 2009 Nov 23;17(24):21732-7. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.021732.

Abstract

We study nonlinear propagation of surface plasmon polaritons along an interface between metal and nonlinear Kerr dielectric. We demonstrate numerically self-focusing of a plasmon beam at large powers and the formation of slowly decaying spatial soliton in the presence of losses. We develop an analytical model for describing the evolution of spatial plasmon-solitons and observe a good agreement with numerical results.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Simulation
  • Equipment Design
  • Magnetics
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / methods*