Propagation and diffraction of locally excited surface plasmons
JOSA A, Vol. 18, Issue 7, pp. 1552-1561 (2001)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.18.001552
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Abstract
With the use of optical near-field techniques, it is now possible to excite or observe surface plasmons with high lateral resolution. A theoretical study is presented of surface plasmon excitation by near-field optical probes and the influence of well-defined structures on surface plasmon propagation and surface plasmon detection in the far field. The generation and the diffraction of the surface plasmon is calculated by using a theoretical scheme founded upon a first-order perturbation expansion of the Rayleigh–Fano method. A very good agreement is obtained between numerical and experimental results. The theoretical tools used should prove a useful guideline for future experiments of nanooptics with surface plasmons.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(110.1220) Imaging systems : Apertures
(180.5810) Microscopy : Scanning microscopy
(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons
(260.3160) Physical optics : Interference
Citation
Fadi Issam Baida, Daniel Van Labeke, Alexandre Bouhelier, Thomas Huser, and Dieter Wolfgang Pohl, "Propagation and diffraction of locally excited surface plasmons," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 1552-1561 (2001)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-18-7-1552
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