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Surface plasmon interference fringes in back-reflection

Jean-claude WeeberB. SteinbergerHarald DitlbacherJoachim R. KrennAlfred LeitnerN. GallerAndreas HohenauA. DrezetFranz R. AusseneggMaría Ujué GonzálezAndrey L. Stepanov

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Theoretical modelsFOS: Physical sciencesGeneral Physics and AstronomyPhysics::Optics02 engineering and technology01 natural sciencesOpticsInterference (communication)0103 physical sciencesMicroscopy010306 general physicsPhysicsCondensed Matter::Quantum Gases[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph]business.industrySurface plasmon021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyDistributed Bragg reflectorSurface plasmon polariton[ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph]Reflection (physics)Optoelectronics0210 nano-technologybusinessPhysics - OpticsOptics (physics.optics)Localized surface plasmon

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We report the experimental observation of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) interference fringes with near-unity visibility and half-wavelength periodicity obtained in back reflection on a Bragg mirror. The presented method based on leakage radiation microscopy (LRM) represents an alternative solution to optical near-field analysis and opens new ways for the quantitative analysis of SPP fringes. With LRM we investigate various SPP interference patterns and analyze the high reflectivity of Bragg mirror in comparison with theoretical models.

10.1209/epl/i2006-10027-7https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00437260