Title :
Phase-sensitive near-field study of surface plasmon polaritons launched by chains of subwavelength holes in gold films
Author :
Dries van Oosten;Marko Spasenovic;Laurens Kuipers
Author_Institution :
Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF, Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ, The Netherlands
fDate :
5/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A chain of subwavelength sized holes in a gold film is used to launch surface plasmon polaritons. We investigate how the field pattern close to the chain evolves into diffraction orders in the far field. SPP are a powerful tool in the quest to build optical components at the nanoscale.
Keywords :
"Plasmons","Gold","Optical surface waves","Optical ring resonators","Optical diffraction","Optical films","Optical interferometry","Optical waveguides","Surface waves","Optical arrays"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Electronic_ISBN :
2160-9004
DOI :
10.1364/IQEC.2009.IFC1
