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Controlling plasmonic Bloch modes on periodic nanostructures

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arxiv 1304.1358 v1 pith:VOB2ZWLP submitted 2013-04-04 physics.optics

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We study and actively control the coherent properties of Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPPs) optically exited on a nano-hole array. Amplitude and phase of the optical excitation are externally controlled via a digital spatial light modulator (SLM) and SPP interference fringe patterns are observed with high contrast. Our interferometric observations revel SPPs dressed with the Bloch modes of the periodic nano-structure. The momentum associated with these Dressed Plasmons (DP) is highly dependent on the grating period and fully matches our theoretical predictions. We show that the momentum of DP waves can in principle exceed the SPP momentum. Actively controlling DP waves via programmable phase patterns offers the potential for high field confinement applicable in sensing, Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering and plasmonic structured illumination microscopy.

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