Massive surface-plasmon polaritons

authored by: Nikolai B. Chichkov, Andrey B. Evlyukhin, Boris N. Chichkov
Abstract: It is well-known that a quantum of light (photon) has a zero mass in vacuum. Entering into a medium the photon creates a quasiparticle (polariton, plasmon, surface-phonon, surface-plasmon polariton, etc.) whose rest mass is generally not zero. In this letter, devoted to the memory of Mark Stockman, we evaluate the rest mass of light-induced surface-plasmon polaritons (SPPs) and discuss an idea that collisions of two massive SPP quasiparticles can result in changes of their frequencies according to the energy and momentum conservation laws.
Organisation(s): Institute of Quantum Optics
QuantumFrontiers
PhoenixD: Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines
External Organisation(s): Aston University
Type: Article
Journal: Nanophotonics
Volume: 10
Pages: 3777-3778
No. of pages: 2
ISSN: 2192-8606
Publication date: 02.10.2021
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Biotechnology, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2021-0293 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{a43e5997b03543d6904cefc16aef334b,
title = "Massive surface-plasmon polaritons",
abstract = "It is well-known that a quantum of light (photon) has a zero mass in vacuum. Entering into a medium the photon creates a quasiparticle (polariton, plasmon, surface-phonon, surface-plasmon polariton, etc.) whose rest mass is generally not zero. In this letter, devoted to the memory of Mark Stockman, we evaluate the rest mass of light-induced surface-plasmon polaritons (SPPs) and discuss an idea that collisions of two massive SPP quasiparticles can result in changes of their frequencies according to the energy and momentum conservation laws.",
keywords = "localized plasmons, quantum plasmonics, surface-plasmon polaritons",
author = "Chichkov, {Nikolai B.} and Evlyukhin, {Andrey B.} and Chichkov, {Boris N.}",
note = "Funding Information: Research funding: N.B.C. has received funding from the European Union{\textquoteright}s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 843801. A.B.E. and B.N.C. acknowledge financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany{\textquoteright}s Excellence Strategy within the Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (EXC 2122, Project ID 390833453) and the Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers (EXC 2123, Project ID 390837967).",
year = "2021",
month = oct,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1515/nanoph-2021-0293",
language = "English",
volume = "10",
pages = "3777--3778",
journal = "Nanophotonics",
issn = "2192-8606",
publisher = "Walter de Gruyter",
number = "14",
}