• DocumentCode
    2888433
  • Title

    Near-field intensity correlations in semicontinuous metal films

  • Author

    Cao, H. ; Seal, K. ; Noh, H. ; Yanilov, A. ; Sarychev, A.K. ; Genov, D.A. ; Shalaev, V.M. ; Ying, Z.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    340
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the first experimental study of near-field intensity correlations in metal-dielectric systems in regimes where localization and delocalization are expected. Significant differences are observed between the spatial intensity correlations functions in metal-dielectric systems and those of purely dielectric random media.
  • Keywords
    metal-insulator boundaries; metallic thin films; surface plasmons; delocalization; localization; metal-dielectric systems; near-field intensity correlations; semicontinuous metal films; Dielectrics; Fiber lasers; Laser transitions; Optical films; Optical microscopy; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Pulsed laser deposition;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8973-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567505
  • Filename
    1567505