title: Airy plasmon: a nondiffracting surface wave.
abstract: We introduce a new class of nondiffracting surface plasmonic wave: the Airy plasmon. The propagation properties of such a field configuration are unique among the family of surface waves and could lead to interesting applications in plasmonic energy routing. The self-bending and self-healing behavior of these solutions is discussed. Schemes for experimental realization and potential applications are proposed.
authors.affiliation: CREOL/College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA. asalan@creol.ucf.edu
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salandrino
authors.forename: Demetrios N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Christodoulides