Session 6

[OMC8-02] Space-time surface plasmon polaritons: Wavefront shaping of light and its transfer to surface plasmon waves

*Atsushi Kubo¹, Naoki Ichiji^1,2, Hibiki Kikuchi¹, Murat Yessenov³, Kenneth L. Schepler³, Ayman F. Abouraddy³ (1. University of Tsukuba, 2. The University of Tokyo, 3. University of Central Florida)

Space time surface plasmon polaritons (ST-SPPs), a surface wave featuring a concept of optical space-time wave packet (ST-WP), are generated on a metal surface. By using ST-WP as an excitation source, the ST-SPP exhibits characteristics comparable to those of ST-WP, such as non-diffractive propagation.