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Optimization of surface plasmons launching from subwavelength hole arrays: modelling and experiments.

Optics Express (impact factor: 3.59). 04/2007; 15(6):3488-95. pp.3488-95
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ABSTRACT The launching of surface plasmons by micro-gratings of subwavelength apertures milled in a thick metal film is important for the development of surface plasmon based circuits. By comparing the near-field optical images of such surface plasmon sources with the results of a Huygens-Fresnel principle based scattering model, we show that the properties of the locally launched SP beams such as divergence or uniformity can be tuned by adjusting the shape of the micro-gratings. This allows us to propose an optimized source array well adapted for providing a narrow, collimated and uniform beam.

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Keywords

collimated
 
launched SP beams
 
near-field optical images
 
optimized source array
 
scattering model
 
subwavelength apertures milled
 
surface plasmon
 
surface plasmon sources
 
surface plasmons
 
uniform beam
 

J. -Y. Laluet