Quantitative analysis of surface plasmon interaction with silver nanoparticles
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Evaluating Plasmonic Transport in Current-carrying Silver Nanowires
Published on: December 11, 2013
Andrey L Stepanov1, Joachim R Krenn, Harald Ditlbacher
1Erwin Schrödinger Institute for Nanoscale Research, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Universitätsplatz 5, A-8010 Graz, Austria. andrey.stepanov@uni-graz.at
Abstract:
The present insight into plasmon effects on the nanoscale seems sufficiently advanced to allow the development of surface-plasmon-polariton- (SPP-) based optical devices. Therefore quantitative information describing SPP phenomena is required. We investigate a SPP beam splitter constituted by silver nanoparticles on a silver thin film, fabricated by electron-beam lithography. We acquire quantitative information on the beam splitter performance by monitoring SPP leakage radiation, yielding SPP reflection, transmission, and scattering efficiencies.
