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Analysis of surface waves generated on subwavelength-structured silver films

G. Gay·O. Alloschery·J. Weiner·H. J. Lezec·C. O'Dwyer·M. Sukharev·T. Seideman
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Using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to analyse the physical-chemical surface properties of subwavlength structured silver films and finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) numerical simulations of the optical response of these structures to plane-wave excitation, we report on the origin and nature of the persistent surface waves generated by a single slit-groove motif and recently measured by far-field optical interferometry. The surface analysis shows that the silver films are free of detectable oxide or sulfide contaminants, and the numerical simulations show very good agreement with the results previously reported.

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G. Gay, O. Alloschery, J. Weiner, H. J. Lezec, C. O'Dwyer, M. Sukharev, T. Seideman. 2006-08-21. Analysis of surface waves generated on subwavelength-structured silver films. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.75.016612

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