Morphological effects on the excitation of surface waves in the grating-coupled configuration

Kiran Mujeeb, Muhammad Faryad, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Julio V. Urbina

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Abstract

Grating-coupled excitation of surface plasmon-polariton waves guided by the interface of a metal and an anisotropic dielectric material evinces morphological effects arising from the divergence of structural anisotropy (grating) from constitutive anisotropy (dielectric material). Even if the metal is replaced by an isotropic dielectric ma-terial, the same effects are seen in the excitation of Dyakonov surface waves. The morphological effects vanish with constitutive anisotropy, as exemplified with a columnar thin film (CTF) as the dielectric material. Both p-polarized and s-polarized incident plane waves can excite the surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) waves as well as Dyakonov surface waves, provided that either the plane of incidence and/or the morphologically significant plane of the CTF do not coincide with the grating plane.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationNanoengineering
Subtitle of host publicationFabrication, Properties, Optics, Thin Films, and Devices XVIII
EditorsBalaji Panchapakesan, Andre-Jean Attias, Wounjhang Park
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510644427
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
EventNanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, Thin Films, and Devices XVIII 2021 - San Diego, United States
Duration: Aug 1 2021Aug 5 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11802
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceNanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, Thin Films, and Devices XVIII 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period8/1/218/5/21

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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