Recent paper to appear in IEEE Transactions On Magnetics Application of Circularly Polarized Plasmon Resonance Modes to All-Optical Magnetic Recording I. Mayergoyz1, Z. Zhang1, P. McAvoy1, D. Bowen1 and C. Krafft2 1ECE Department and UMIACS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA 2Laboratory of Physical Sciences, College Park, MD 20740, USA The numerical study of circularly polarized plasmon resonance modes in metallic nanoparticles with uniaxial symmetry is reported. These plasmon modes provide optical means for nanoscale focusing of circularly polarized light. For this reason, these modes are promising for all-optical magnetization reversals of nanoscale spots of magnetic recording media. A general theoretical approach to the analysis of circularly polarized plasmon modes is presented and then applied to two specific designs of silver nano-rings and spherical nanoshells on dielectric substrates. Upcoming Presentation at the 53rd Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Austin, TX Nov. 2008 Paper EC-07. Excitation and Dephasing of Circularly Polarized Plasmon Modes in Spherical Nanoshells for Application in All-Optical Magnetic Recording. I. Mayergoyz1, P. McAvoy1, G. Lang1, D. Bowen1 and C. Krafft2
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