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Surface plasmons of metallic surfaces perforated by nanoholes

Materials Science 2007-05-23 v1 Other Condensed Matter

Abstract

Recent works dealt with the optical transmission on arrays of subwavelength holes perforated in a thick metallic film. We have performed simulations which quantitatively agree with experimental results and which unambiguously evidence that the extraordinary transmission is due to the excitation of a surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) mode on the metallic film interfaces. We identify this SPP mode and show that its near-field possesses a hybrid character, gathering collective and localised effects which are both essential for the transmission.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0506693,
  title  = {Surface plasmons of metallic surfaces perforated by nanoholes},
  author = {P. Lalanne and J. C. Rodier and J. P. Hugonin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0506693},
  year   = {2007}
}

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16 pages, 4 figures