Tamm plasmon polaritons: Slow and spatially compact light
Applied Physics Letters2008Vol. 92(25)
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M. É. Sasin, R. P. Seĭsyan, M. A. Kalitteevski, S. Brand, R. A. Abram, J.M. Chamberlain, A. Yu. Egorov, А. П. Васильев, V. S. Mikhrin, A. V. Kavokin
Abstract
We report on the first experimental observation of Tamm plasmon polaritons (TPPs) formed at the interface between a metal and a dielectric Bragg reflector (DBR). In contrast to conventional surface plasmons, TPPs have an in-plane wavevector less than the wavevector of light in vacuum, which allows for their direct optical excitation. The angular resolved reflectivity and transmission spectra of a GaAs∕AlAs DBR covered by Au films of various thicknesses show the resonances associated with the TPP at low temperatures and room temperature. The in-plane dispersion of TTPs is parabolic with an effective mass of 4×10−5 of the free electron mass.
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