Copper plasmonics with excitons

Abstract

We investigate the propagation of surface plasmons (SPPs) in a thin layer of copper surrounded by copper oxide Cu${}_2$O. It is shown that particularly strong excitons in Cu${}_2$O can have considerable impact on plasmon propagation, providing many opportunities for plasmon-exciton and plasmon-plasmon interactions. It is demonstrated that by the use of sufficiently thin metal layer, one can excite the so-called long range plasmons (LRSPPs) which can overcome the inherently high ohmic losses of Cu as compared to usual plasmonic metals such as silver. Analytical results are confirmed by numerical calculations.

arXiv comment8 pages, 7 figures

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