Optical coupling between antibonding film plasmon modes and perpendicularly polarized light

Author

Lee, J.W. ; Park, T.H. ; Nordlander, Peter ; Mittleman, Daniel M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate the spectral properties of resonant transmission induced by perpendicularly polarized light through an individual hole in a thin metallic film, using time-domain terahertz spectroscopy. Our measurements and intuitive understanding show that the resonance is activated by a coupling between the perpendicular component of incident light and existing antibonding film plasmon modes.

Keywords

light polarisation; light transmission; metallic thin films; optical films; plasmonics; terahertz wave spectra; antibonding film; optical coupling; perpendicularly polarized light; plasmon modes; resonant transmission; spectral properties; thin metallic film; time-domain terahertz spectroscopy; Bonding; Frequency; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical polarization; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Resonance; Surface waves; (050.1220) Apertures; (240.6690) Surface Waves; (260.3910) Optics of metals; (300.6270) Far infrared spectroscopy; (310.2790) Guided Waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224664