Title :
Optically controlled ultrafast enhanced transmission from a sub-wavelength aperture in a planar metal film
Author :
Swillam, Mohamed A. ; Rotenberg, Nir ; Van Driel, Henry M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We theoretically propose an ultrafast optical technique to control light emerging from a sub-wavelength aperture in a planar metal film through surface plasmon excitation by a transient-thermal grating.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; metallic thin films; surface plasmons; optically controlled ultrafast enhanced transmission; planar metal film; subwavelength aperture; surface plasmon excitation; transient-thermal grating; ultrafast optical technique; Apertures; Gratings; Optical beams; Optical films; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
