Spoof Surface Plasmons: Theory, Designs and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Metamaterials show great promise for engineering electromagnetic properties beyond the limits of natural materials. A typical example is the so-called spoof surface plasmons (SPs), which mimic features of optical SPs without penetrating metal at lower frequencies. Spoof SPs are divided into propagating and localized spoof surface plasmon polaritons; they also inherit most of the properties of natural SPs, including dispersion relations, field confinement, localized resonance, and subwavelength resolution, and therefore, are highly expected to offer a new solution for low-frequency applications. With the development of spoof SPs, many exciting theories and applications have been proposed and developed.

This Topic is intended to solicit high-quality contributions in the theory, designs and applications of spoof SPs, including propagating and localized spoof surface plasmon polaritons. Authors are invited to submit original papers presenting new theoretical and/or application-oriented research that includes models, designs, simulations and applications. Additionally, review papers on these topics are also welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Spoof surface plasmon polariton transmission lines and antennas;
• Passive and active spoof surface plasmon polariton functional components and devices;
• Spoof surface plasmon polariton communication system;
• Crosstalk suppression and signal integrity;
• Spoof localized surface plasmons and sensing applications;
• Effective surface plasmon polaritons and effective localized surface plasmons;
• Hyperbolic surface plasmons and various applications.

Dr. Liangliang Liu
Dr. Haochi Zhang
Guest Editors

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