Internal excitation and superfocusing of surface plasmon polaritons on a silver-coated optical fiber tip

We have theoretically studied the conversion of radially polarized waveguide modes of a tapered optical fiber into surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) propagating at the outer surface of an apertureless silver-coated optical tip. Optimization of this proces

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