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Feasibility of generating surface plasmon polaritons with a given orbital momentum on cylindrical waveguides using diffractive optical elements

B.A. Knyazev1,2, O.E. Kameshkov1,2, A.K. Nikitin1,3, V.S. Pavelyev1,4,5, Yu.Yu. Choporova1,2

1 Novosibirsk State University,
630090, Russia, Novosibirsk, Pirogovа St., 1,
2 Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics,
630090, Russia, Novosibirsk, Lavrentiev Ave, 11,
3 Scientific and Technological Center for Unique Instrumentation RAS,
15 Butlerova St., Moscow, 117342, Russia,
4 Samara National Research University,
Moskovskoye Shosse 34, 443086, Samara, Russia,
5 IPSI RAS – Branch of the FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS,
Molodogvardeyskaya 151, 443001, Samara, Russia

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DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-2019-43-6-992-1000

Pages: 992-1000.

Full text of article: Russian language.

Abstract:
Three optical systems employing diffractive optical elements to generate surface plasmon polaritons (SPP) with orbital angular momentum on axisymmetric conductors are considered. In all three systems, the incident radiation is first converted by binary spiral phase axicons into a set of plane waves converging to the optical axis. In the zone of intersection of these waves, a "twisted" Bessel beam is formed. By fitting the diameter of the first ring of the Bessel beam to the diameter of the cylindrical conductor, it is possible to generate a rotating SPP by the "end-fire coupling" method. The use of an additional lens makes it possible to convert the SPP-exciting Bessel beam into a vortex annular beam whose diameter is independent of the topological charge of the beam. In the third scheme, converging plane waves are “intercepted” by a cylindrical metal diffraction grating, which forms twisted SPPs on a cylindrical conductor connected to the grating. Examples of the possible use of the proposed systems in experiments on a terahertz free electron laser are presented.

Keywords:
surface plasmon polariton, binary phase axicon, cylindrical grating.

Citation:
Knyazev BA, Kameshkov OE, Nikitin AK, Pavelyev VS, Choporova YuYu. Feasibility of generating surface plasmon polaritons with a given orbital momentum on cylindrical waveguides using diffractive optical elements. Computer Optics 2019; 43(6): 992-1000. DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-2019-43-6-992-1000.

Acknowledgements:
This work was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation 19-12-00103.

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