Numerical Reproduction of Spatio-Temporal Evolution of Surface Plasmon Polaritons at Dielectric-Plasma Interface

作者:Chen Zhao-Quan*; Liu Ming-Hai; Zhou Qi-Yan; Hu Ye-Lin; Yang An; Zhu Long-Ji; Hu Xi-Wei
来源:Chinese Physics Letters, 2011, 28(4): 045201.
DOI:10.1088/0256-307X/28/4/045201

摘要

Discharges in planar-type overdense plasmas caused by resonant excitation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are presented. The spatio-temporal evolution of surface waves of SPPs at the dielectric-plasma interface is reproduced numerically. It is found that different discharge light patterns are excited by different spatio-temporal wave fields. Moreover, the corrugation surface included in the proposed plasma sources plays a significant role in producing large-area uniform plasmas.