Simulation Study of Dynamic Rotation and Deformation for Plasmonic Electric Field-Skyrmions

Abstract

The topological properties of optical skyrmions in confined electromagnetic fields are perfectly presented through spin vectors and electric-field vectors. However, currently, electric-field optical skyrmions in surface plasmon polaritons are mostly presented in the form of a Néel type. Most control strategies involve linear directional movement, and topological manipulation methods are monotonous. We specifically propose a multi-arc symmetric slit array, which generates skyrmions from the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) field under excitation of a linearly polarized Gaussian light-source array and exhibits strong dependence processes on the rotation, deformation, and phase distribution of the incident light source. We also discuss the independence and synthesis of deformation and rotation related to phase difference and positions of regulation, respectively, which provide the possibility for rich deformations under different rotation states. Our work extends new ideas for the dynamic control of plasmonic skyrmions, which is of great significance to fields such as spin photonics and nano-positioning.

Keywords

• distributed phase
• arc-shaped slit array
• electric field skyrmion
• deformation and rotation