Diffractive plasmonic metasurfaces offer the possibility of controlling the flow of light in flat optical systems through the excitation of lattice plasmon modes by a careful metasurface design. Nonetheless, a remaining challenge for this type of structure is the dynamic control of its optical properties via degrees of freedom, such as the polarization states of incoming light. In this report, we explain theoretically and demonstrate experimentally the polarization control over amplitude and propagation direction of lattice plasmon modes supported by a multipolar plasmonic metasurface. These unidirectional optical waves result from the coupling between near-field effects of individual meta-atoms and far-field effects originating from the lattice modes. The device operates over a broad wavelength range, maintaining its directional behavior and enabling it to operate also as a polarization-controlled directional diffraction grating, a power splitter, or an optical router for on-chip photonics applications.
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