Abstract

We discuss the propagation of electromagnetic waves through a one-dimensional periodic array of bilayers with metal inclusions. We show that the nonlocality of metal conductivity leads to the emergence of the fundamental collisionless Landau damping. It cannot be neglected, not only when prevailing over ordinary collision damping, but even when these two kinds of electromagnetic absorption are of the same order. Landau damping always exists and considerably alters the photonic transmission of the array within the THz and near-infrared frequency range.

© 2015 Optical Society of America

Quantum resonances of Landau damping in the electromagnetic response of metallic nanoslabs

S. G. Castillo-López, N. M. Makarov, and F. Pérez-Rodríguez
Opt. Lett. 43(10) 2410-2413 (2018)

Electrodynamics of superlattices with ultra-thin metal layers: quantum Landau damping and band gaps with nonzero density of states

S. G. Castillo-López, A. A. Krokhin, N. M. Makarov, and F. Pérez-Rodríguez
Opt. Mater. Express 9(2) 673-686 (2019)

THz photonic bands of periodic stacks composed of resonant dielectric and nonlocal metal

Fernando Díaz-Monge, Alejandro Paredes-Juárez, Denis A. Iakushev, Nykolay M. Makarov, and Felipe Pérez-Rodríguez
Opt. Mater. Express 5(2) 361-372 (2015)

Simultaneous omnidirectional zero-n¯ and zero-ϕ_eff non-Bragg gaps in metamaterial-polaritonic photonic superlattices

E. Moncada-Villa, J. R. Mejía-Salazar, and J. C. Granada
Opt. Lett. 40(10) 2345-2348 (2015)

Narrow-pass-band amplification of THz radiation by dielectric-metal nanostructures with optically active graphene-based inclusions

Denis Iakushev and Servando Lopez-Aguayo
Opt. Mater. Express 7(9) 3093-3106 (2017)