Spin-momentum locking breakdown on plasmonic metasurfaces

Lorén, Fernando ; Genet, Cyriaque ; Martín-Moreno, Luis

Resumen: We present a scattering formalism to analyze the spin-momentum locking in structured holey plasmonic metasurfaces. It is valid for any unit cell for arbitrary position and orientation of the holes. The spin-momentum locking emergence is found to originate from the unit-cell configuration. Additionally, we find that there are several breakdown terms spoiling the perfect spin-momentum locking polarization. We prove that this breakdown also appears in systems with global symmetries of translation and rotation of the whole lattice, like the kagome lattice. Finally, we present the excitation of surface-plasmon polaritons as the paramount example of the spin-momentum locking breakdown.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.155144

Año: 2023

Publicado en: Physical Review B 108, 15 (2023), 155144 [8 pp.]
ISSN: 2469-9950

Factor impacto JCR: 3.2 (2023)

Categ. JCR: MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 201 / 439 = 0.458 (2023) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER rank: 31 / 79 = 0.392 (2023) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, APPLIED rank: 62 / 179 = 0.346 (2023) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 6.3 - Condensed Matter Physics (Q1) - Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.345 - Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (Q1) - Condensed Matter Physics (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E09-17R-Q-MAD
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN-AEI/PID2020-115221GB-C41

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)