title: Imaging properties of Fresnel zone plate-like surface plasmon polariton launching lenses.
abstract: A general design method of Fresnel zone plate-like surface plasmon polariton launching lenses (SPPLLs) with an arbitrary phase correction step is proposed, which can implement imaging between the far-field light and surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). The imaging properties of half-wave SPPLLs, including the resolution power, object-image relationships, and aberrations, are investigated by using a simulation method based on Huygens-Fresnel principle with SPP point source model. The results show that SPPLLs are suitable for the connection between plasmonic and conventional diffraction-limited photonic devices.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
authors.forename: Jiayuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaofei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jiasen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007909:Lenses; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals