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    Coupled plasmonic cavities on moire surfaces
    (Springer, 2010-08) Balcı, Sinan; Karabıyık, Mustafa; Kocabaş, Aşkın; Kocabaş, Coşkun; Aydınlı, Atilla
    Surface plasmon polariton (SPP) waveguides formed by coupled plasmonic cavities on metallic Moire surfaces have been investigated both experimentally and numerically. The Moire surface, fabricated by interference lithography, contains periodic arrays of one-dimensional cavities. The coupling strength between the cavities has been controlled by changing the periodicities of the Moire surface. The ability to control the coupling strength allows us to tune the dispersion and the group velocity of the plasmonic coupled cavity mode. Reflection measurements and numerical simulation of the array of SPP cavities have shown a coupled resonator type plasmonic waveguide band formation within the band gap. Coupling coefficients of cavities and group velocities of SPPs are calculated for a range of cavity sizes from weakly coupled regime to strongly coupled regime.
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    Direct imaging of localized surface plasmon polaritons
    (Optical Society of America, 2011-08) Balcı, Sinan; Karademir, Ertuğrul; Kocabaş, Coşkun; Aydınlı, Atilla
    In this Letter, we report on dark field imaging of localized surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) in plasmonic waveguiding bands formed by plasmonic coupled cavities. We image the light scattered from SPPs in the plasmonic cavities excited by a tunable light source. Tuning the excitation wavelength, we measure the localization and dispersion of the plasmonic cavity mode. Dark field imaging has been achieved in the Kretschmann configuration using a supercontinuum white-light laser equipped with an acoustooptic tunable filter. Polarization dependent spectroscopic reflection and dark field imaging measurements are correlated and found to be in agreement with finite-difference time-domain calculations.
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    Localization of surface plasmon polaritons in hexagonal arrays of Moiré cavities
    (AIP Publishing, 2011-01) Balcı, Sinan; Kocabaş, Aşkın; Kocabaş, Coşkun; Aydınlı, Atilla
    In view of the progress on the confinement of light, we report on the dispersion characteristics of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) on two-dimensional Moire surfaces in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Polarization dependent spectroscopic reflection measurements show omnidirectional confinement of SPPs. The resonance wavelength of SPP cavity modes can be adjusted by tuning the propagation direction of SPPs. The results may have an impact on the control of spontaneous emission and absorption with applications in light emitting diodes and solar cells, as well as in quantum electrodynamics experiments.
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    Slowing surface plasmon polaritons on plasmonic coupled cavities by tuning grating grooves
    (American Institute of Physics, 2010-09) Balcı, Sinan; Kocabaş, Aşkın; Kocabaş, Coşkun; Aydınlı, Atilla
    We investigate slow surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) in plasmonic waveguiding bands formed by coupled plasmonic cavities on Moiŕ surfaces. We demonstrate controlling the group velocity and dispersion of the SPPs by varying the depth of the plasmonic Bragg grating groove. Changing the grating depth results in modification of coupling coefficients between the cavities and hence the SPPs group velocity is altered. Variation in the group velocity and dispersion of SPPs can be measured with polarization dependent spectroscopic reflection measurements. Dispersion of SPPs has been calculated by finite-difference time-domain method in agreement with the experimental data.