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中国物理学会期刊

暗态多极赝局域等离子模式的太赫兹涡旋光激发

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.69.20200695

Interaction between spoof localized surface plasmon and terahertz vortex beam

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.69.20200695
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  • 理论分析和实验验证了太赫兹涡旋光与带有周期性亚波长金属褶皱圆盘中暗态多极赝局域等离子模式的相互作用. 研究结果表明, 携带不同轨道角动量和自旋角动量的太赫兹涡旋光可以决定最终激发出的太赫兹暗态多极等离子模式, 此结果和光频段的理论分析一致. 利用太赫兹近场扫描方法对涡旋光的自旋和轨道角动量与暗态多极等离子模式的对应关系进行了实验论证, 实验结果与理论仿真符合较好. 研究成果将对太赫兹物理、等离子体以及成像领域研究起到一定的促进作用.

     

    We theoretically and experimentally investigate a method of exciting multipole plasmons, including terahertz dark spoof localized surface plasmon (Spoof-LSP) modes, by using normally incident terahertz vortex beam. The vortex beam with angular intensity profile and phase singularities, has well-defined angular momentum which can be decomposed into the polarization-state-related spin angular momentum (SAM) for characterizing the spin feature of photon, and the helical-wavefront-related orbital angular momentum (OAM) that is characterized by an integer (l) , called the topological charge. By illuminating terahertz vortex beam on the metallic disk with periodic subwavelength grooves normally, we find that the terahertz dark multipole plasmons can be excited by the terahertz vortex beam carrying different OAM and SAM. We analyze the correspondence between the spin and orbital angular momentum of vortex beam and the excited dark multipolar plasmon modes. In the experiment, a terahertz stepped spiral phase plate (SPP) with high transmission and low dispersion based on the Tsurupica olefin polymer is developed and the stepped SPP can generate a terahertz vortex beam having a topological charge of 1. Then, we further study the excitation of dark multipolar Spoof-LSPs by utilizing the stepped SPP in combination with the near-field scanning terahertz microscopy. The collimated terahertz wave, which is radiated from a 100 fs (λ = 780 nm) laser pulse pumped photoconductive antenna emitter, is converted into terahertz circular polarized light (CPL) which can carry SAM by the combination of the quarter wave plate and the polarizer, and then terahertz CPL impinges on the stepped SPP, producing the terahertz vortex beam which can carry OAM. The spatial two-dimensional electric field distribution is collected in steps of 0.02 mm along the x-direction and y-direction by a commercial terahertz near-field probe which is located close (≈ 10 μm) to the one side of polyimide film by three-dimensional electric translation stage and a microscope (FORTUNE TECHPLOGY FT-FH1080). The experimental results are in good agreement with simulations. We believe that our method will open the way for detailed research on the terahertz physics, plasma and imaging fields.

     

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