Recent Progress in Surface Electromagnetic Modes

71.6K

views

89

authors

17

articles

Editorial

13 May 2021

Editorial: Recent Progress in Surface Electromagnetic Modes

Lin Chen

,

Fei Gao

,

Wei E. I. Sha

and

Zhi Ning Chen

1,696 views

1 citations

Editors

4

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University

National University of Singapore

Impact

About

Surface electromagnetic (EM) waves, decaying away from an interface between two different materials/structures, bring both rich physics and applications. Research into surface EM modes dates back to Sommerfeld-Zenneck waves propagating along the surface between dielectric and conducting materials. Other surface EM modes from different mechanisms have also captured interest, including Dyakonov modes, surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), and recently emerging spoof SPP and topological edge modes from metamaterials and photonic crystals respectively. Emergent phenomena from surface EM modes are attracting much interest, for instance nonlinear plasmonics and quantum plasmonics. Practically, surface EM modes have also derived various applications, such as extraordinary optical transmission, laser collimation, harmonic generation, topological EM waveguides, topological lasing, etc.

This Research Topic will focus on surface EM modes from fundamental physics to applications. The Research Topic welcomes submissions in a list of themes including but not limited to:
1. Physics giving rise to novel surface EM modes, e.g. topological EM modes,
2. Nonlinear EM effects from surface EM modes,
3. Quantum EM effects from surface EM modes,
4. Practical applications of various surface EM modes.

Surface electromagnetic (EM) waves, decaying away from an interface between two different materials/structures, bring both rich physics and applications. Research into surface EM modes dates back to Sommerfeld-Zenneck waves propagating along the surface between dielectric and conducting materials. Other surface EM modes from different mechanisms have also captured interest, including Dyakonov modes, surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), and recently emerging spoof SPP and topological edge modes from metamaterials and photonic crystals respectively. Emergent phenomena from surface EM modes are attracting much interest, for instance nonlinear plasmonics and quantum plasmonics. Practically, surface EM modes have also derived various applications, such as extraordinary optical transmission, laser collimation, harmonic generation, topological EM waveguides, topological lasing, etc.

This Research Topic will focus on surface EM modes from fundamental physics to applications. The Research Topic welcomes submissions in a list of themes including but not limited to:
1. Physics giving rise to novel surface EM modes, e.g. topological EM modes,
2. Nonlinear EM effects from surface EM modes,
3. Quantum EM effects from surface EM modes,
4. Practical applications of various surface EM modes.

Download ebook

Share

Editors

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

Zhejiang University

Zhejiang University

National University of Singapore

Impact

71,564 Total views

54,929 Article views

13,609 Article downloads

3,026 Topic views

Published In

Journal Thumbnail

Frontiers in Physics

Optics and Photonics

Journal Thumbnail

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Optics and Photonics

Journal Thumbnail

Frontiers in Materials

Optics and Photonics

About Frontiers Research Topics

With their unique mixes of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author.

Suggest a topic