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Optica, Optics Letters, 16(37), p. 3402, 2012

DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.003402

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Controlling plasmonic hot spots by interfering Airy beams

Journal article published in 2012 by Angela E. Klein, Alexander Minovich, Michael Steinert, Norik Janunts, Andreas Tünnermann, Dragomir N. Neshev ORCID, Yuri S. Kivshar, Thomas Pertsch
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Abstract

We predict and demonstrate the generation of a plasmonic hot spot on the surface of a metal film by the interference of two Airy surface plasmons. We show that the position of the hot spot can be controlled by the distance between the excitation gratings as well as by the phase front of the initial excitation. The observed effect constitutes a planar analogy to Airy beam autofocusing and offers new opportunities for spatially resolved surface plasmon sensing and optical surface tweezers. (c) 2012 Optical Society of America