2006
Erbium luminescence imaging of infrared surface plasmon polaritons
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Appl. Phys. Lett. , Volume 88 - Issue Article number: 121121 p. 1- 3
We demonstrate a new technique to spatially map the propagation and damping of infrared surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) on metal films using optically active erbium ions as a probe of the SPP field. The bound SPP mode propagating along the Ag/glass interface of a 96 nm thick Ag film on glass is excited by illuminating a subwavelength hole array in the metal with 1.49 µm light. By imaging the 1.53 µm photoluminescence of Er ions positioned in the glass at a distance of 60 nm from the Ag/glass interface in a confocal microscope, a SPP beam was observed to propagate along a broad stripe waveguide, with a characteristic propagation length of 76 µm. This technique provides a useful tool to study the characteristics of SPP modes at metal-dielectric interfaces in a wide range of geometries.
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| doi.org/10.1063/1.2189188 | |
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| Organisation | Photonic Materials |
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Verhagen, E., Tchebotareva, A. L., & Polman, A. (2006). Erbium luminescence imaging of infrared surface plasmon polaritons. Appl. Phys. Lett., 88(Article number: 121121), 1–3. doi:10.1063/1.2189188 |
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