Discrete gap solitons in nonlinear binary plasmonic waveguide arrays

Abstract

We investigate plasmonic mode propagation in nonlinear binary plasmonic waveguide arrays composed of two kinds of metal slabs alternately embedded in nonlinear dielectric materials, and numerically obtain soliton solutions with different symmetries. In particular, we find discrete gap solitons with strong transverse confinements reaching the scale of 10 nm. The equations to describe the mode propagations indicate that the system also provides a plasmonic platform to simulate aspects of quantum dynamics.