We calculate the optical force and torque applied to an electric dipole by a spinning light
field. We find that the dissipative part of the force depends on the orbital energy flow of the …

The ever-increasing power of computers and the development of new optimization
methodologies have enabled the ability to design complex aperiodic devices, which can …

Free-space light can be coupled into propagating surface waves at a metal–dielectric
interface, known as surface plasmons (SPs). This process has traditionally faced challenges …

We introduce a new type of electroplasmonic interfacing component to electrically generate
surface plasmons. Specifically, an electron-fed optical tunneling gap antenna is integrated …

Surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) launchers, which can couple the free space light to the
SPPs on the metal surface, are among the key elements for the plasmonic devices and nano …

Broadband spin‐controlled surface plasmon polariton (SPP) launching and radiation via L‐
shaped optical slot nanoantennas are proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The …

Access to surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) with directional control excited by electrical
means is important for applications in (on-chip) nano-optoelectronic devices and to …

Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) have sparked enormous interest on nanophotonics
beyond the diffraction limit for their remarkable capabilities of subwavelength confinements …

We propose a new scheme on unidirectional surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) excitation
with the following advantages: ultracompact size, working at arbitrary incidence angle and …

The scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) may be used as a low-energy, electrical
nanosource of surface plasmon polaritons and light. In this article, we demonstrate that the …