In this paper, small plasmonic nanobumps, which consist of metal/dielectric layers are placed on the ring of optical
vortex to enhance electric field ampltiude. In this paper, a plasmonic nanobump is placed on the ring of smaller optical
vortex. The smaller optical vortex form from the resultant topological phase between the handedness of the incident
circular polarized light and the nanoslits spiral. Different designs of plasmonic nanobump are investigated, and tapered
nanobump produced higher field enhancement due to higher surface charge density at the tapering end. Higher field
intensity at the tip of the plasmonic nanobump produces lower potential, which attract nanoparticle to the region. The
optical force increases by the square of the electric field amplitude. This high electric field intensity at the plasmonic
nanobump functions as attractive node, which trap molecules inside the optical vortex. Additional plasmonic nanobumps
are added onto the other locations of the optical vortex to manipulate the particle trapping positions. This allows the
precise control of molecule’s position and movement for imaging, characterization and analysis, which is useful for
mobile lab-on-chip devices.
In this paper, the near field distribution patterns excited from half spiral nanoslits and gratings are investigated. The
various near field distribution patterns observed are due to the interference of propagating surface plasmon emerging
from the nanoslits or gratings. The half spiral nanoslits are incident with left and right-handed circular polarization. The
resulting focal spots are found at different positions for left (LHC) and right-handed circular (RHC) polarizations. This is
due to the change in phase difference of propagating surface plasmon waves emerging from the nanoslit when excited by
different circular polarizations. The distance between the focal spots for left and right-handed polarizations is λspp/2. In addition, the half spiral nanoslit is also illuminated with linear polarization in different rotational angles. This paper also includes the near field distributions that result from the interference of surface plasmon polariton fields with partial spiral shape. It is believed that these interesting field patterns due to different arrangements of nanoslits could be used for trapping molecules, near field imaging and sensing.
In this paper we demonstrate how an elliptically shaped semiconductor microcavity can be used to generate surface
plasmons (SP) mode by pumping current and injecting optical pulse. After achieving stable lasing mode, external
magnetic field is applied to a small elliptical confined area on the elliptical microcavity. The applied magnetic field
produces Lorentz torque and "pushes" the electrons to the edge of the microcavity. Strong electron plasma is built up on
the boundary of the microcavity and air interface as more electrons accumulate. The laser light source interacts with the
electron plasma at the boundary of microcavity and excites surface plasmon mode. The direct excitation of SPP modes
could be used to extract the laser light from elliptical microcavity source and results in a lower coupling loss and higher
efficient small coupling system.
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