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American Physical Society, Physical Review Letters, 21(96)

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.213901

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Surface Wave Generation and Propagation on Metallic Subwavelength Structures Measured by Far-Field Interferometry

Journal article published in 2006 by B. Vairis de Lesegno, G. Gay ORCID, O. Alloschery, de Lesegno Bv, B. De Lesegno, B. Viaris de Lesegno, J. Weiner, Lezec Hj, H. J. Lezec
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Abstract

Transmission spectra of metallic films or membranes perforated by arrays of subwavelength slits or holes have been widely interpreted as resonance absorption by surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). Alternative interpretations involving evanescent waves diffracted on the surface have also been proposed. These two approaches lead to divergent predictions for some surface wave properties. Using far-field interferometry, we have carried out a series of measurements on elementary one-dimensional (1-D) subwavelength structures with the aim of testing key properties of the surface waves and comparing them to predictions of these two points of view.