Published: Oct. 8, 2013

Nonlinear dynamics of surface plasmons

Samuel Butler

Applied MathematicsUniversity of Colorado Boulder

Date and time: 

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 4:00pm

Location: 

ECOT 226

Abstract: 

Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPPs) are electromagnetic waves that propagate along metal/dielectric interfaces. They have many interesting properties such as wavelength reduction and spatial confinement, and are utilized in such applications as photonic data storage and bio-photonics. In this talk we will present a new nonlinear theory for the propagation of SPPs along a metal/dielectric interface. The governing amplitude equation turns out to be the 2D damped nonlinear Schrödinger equation, and we discuss solutions to this equation in both the elliptic and hyperbolic cases.