Electrical excitation of surface plasmons |
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Authors: | Bharadwaj Palash Bouhelier Alexandre Novotny Lukas |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Optics and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA. |
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Abstract: | We exploit a plasmon mediated two-step momentum down-conversion scheme to convert low-energy tunneling electrons into propagating photons. Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) propagating along an extended gold nanowire are excited on one end by low-energy electron tunneling and are then converted to free-propagating photons at the other end. The separation of excitation and outcoupling proves that tunneling electrons excite gap plasmons that subsequently couple to propagating plasmons. Our work shows that electron tunneling provides a nonoptical, voltage-controlled, and low-energy pathway for launching SPPs in nanostructures, such as plasmonic waveguides. |
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