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Leakage radiation microscopy of surface plasmons launched by a nanodiamond-based tip

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2011-06-14 v1 Optics

Abstract

Leakage-radiation microscopy of a thin gold film demonstrates the ability of an ensemble of fluorescent diamond nanoparticles attached onto the apex of an optical tip to serve as an efficient near-field surface-plasmon polariton launcher. The implementation of the nanodiamond-based tip in a near-field scanning optical microscope will allow for an accurate control on the launching position, thereby opening the way to scanning plasmonics.

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@article{arxiv.1106.2344,
  title  = {Leakage radiation microscopy of surface plasmons launched by a nanodiamond-based tip},
  author = {O. Mollet and A. Cuche and A. Drezet and S. Huant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.2344},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

21st European Conf. on Diamond, Diamond- Like Materials, Carbon Nanotubes, and Nitrides: "Diamond 2010", Budapest, September 2010 (Oral by OM)