Title :
Optical and magnetic properties of transition metal films with sub-wavelength hole arrays
Author :
Ctistis, Georgios ; Papaioannou, Evangelos ; Patoka, Piotr ; Fumagalli, Paul ; Giersig, Michael
Author_Institution :
Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Inst. for Atomic & Mol. Phys. (AMOLF), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
We present experimental results on the optical and magnetic properties of transition metal films with sub-wavelength hole arrays. Magneto-optic measurements show a spectacular magneto-optic response at wavelengths where surface plasmon-polaritons are supported by the structure.
Keywords :
Kerr magneto-optical effect; metallic thin films; polaritons; surface plasmons; magneto-optic Kerr measurement; spectacular magneto-optic response; sub-wavelength hole arrays; surface plasmon-polaritons; transition metal films; Conducting materials; Magnetic films; Magnetic materials; Magnetic properties; Magnetooptic effects; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical films; Optical surface waves; Physics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192028
