Self-excited plasmon polaritons in counterstreaming quantum plasmas

The effect of counterstreaming on the quantum plasmon-polariton excitation is examined. For this purpose, the dispersion relation describing a counterstreaming quantum plasma system has been derived. Solutions are displayed numerically and analyzed for different values of the quantum parameters and the streaming electrons. It is found that the quantum effects and the two-stream instability are relevant for the self-consistently excited surface plasmon polaritons.