Surface Plasmons on Smooth and Rough Surfaces and on GratingsThis book reviews the properties of surface plasmons that depict electromagnetic surface waves or surface plasma polaritons. Their propagation on smooth and corrugated surfaces (with rough or grating profiles) is considered. In the latter case, the corrugations can cause strong coupling of the surface plasmons with photons leading to resonances with a strong enhancement of the electromagnetic field in the surface. Coupling and field enhancement are the most prominent phenomena on corrugated surfaces and lead to numerous important applications. Attention has been focused on the explanation of the physics. To keep the text readable, sophisticated calculations have been avoided, and instead various applications dealing with enhanced light emission, nonlinear optics, SERS, and other cases of interest are discussed. |
Contents
Surface Plasmons on Surfaces of Small Roughness | 40 |
Microscope | 54 |
ATR Device | 73 |
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Surface Plasmons on Smooth and Rough Surfaces and on Gratings Heinz Raether No preview available - 2014 |
Surface Plasmons on Smooth and Rough Surfaces and on Gratings Heinz Raether No preview available - 2013 |
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amplitude h angle of incidence angular distribution ATR device ATR minimum calculated Chap Comm component coupling curves d₁ decreases demonstrates described dielectric function different wavelengths diffraction dipole dispersion relation displayed in Fig electromagnetic field electrons energy excitation of SPs experimental experiments field enhancement frequency Gaussian function grating coupler half width incoming light increasing interface k₂ Kretschmann layer system Lett light cone light emission light line light scattered linear approximation maximum measured metal film metal surface minima modes obtained optical p-polarized light photons Phys plasma Pockrand polarization produced quartz radiation damping Raether Raman Raman scattering reflection minimum region resonance angle rough surface roughness parameters scattered light second harmonic Sect shown in Fig shows silver surface sinusoidal sinusoidal grating sinusoidal profile smooth surface SP excitation SPs propagating strong substrate Surface Plasmons theoretical thickness thin films values wave vector wavelength