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Enhancement of four reflection shifts by a three-layer surface plasmon resonance

Optics 2012-11-19 v1

Abstract

We investigate the effect of a surface plasmon resonance on Goos-Hanchen and Imbert-Fedorov spatial and angular shifts in the reflection of a light beam by considering a three-layer system made of glass, gold and air. We calculate these spatial and angular shifts as a function of the incidence angle showing that they are strongly enhanced in correspondence of the resonant angle. In particular, we find giant spatial and angular Goos-Hanchen shits for the p-wave light close to the plasmon resonance. We also predict a similar, but less pronounced, resonant effect on spatial and angular Imbert-Fedorov shifts for both s-wave and p-wave light.

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@article{arxiv.1211.1050,
  title  = {Enhancement of four reflection shifts by a three-layer surface plasmon resonance},
  author = {Luca Salasnich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.1050},
  year   = {2012}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A