Surface Plasmon Excitation and Localization by Metal-Coated Axicon Prism
Collimated Gaussian beams are efficiently localized at the apex of a metal-coated axicon prism by surface plasmon excitations. We observed the light scattered at the apex and the light reflected by the prism. Intense scattered light was observed with the radial polarization incidence. Further, each...
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| author | Atsushi Ono Yoshimasa Kawata Wataru Inami Hiroki Sano |
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| description | Collimated Gaussian beams are efficiently localized at the apex of a metal-coated axicon prism by surface plasmon excitations. We observed the light scattered at the apex and the light reflected by the prism. Intense scattered light was observed with the radial polarization incidence. Further, each incidence of the radial, azimuthal, and linear polarizations provided field distributions of bright and dark intensities in the reflected images according to the surface plasmon excitation. We have demonstrated that surface plasmon waves are excited at the sides of the prism in the Kretschmann configuration and that they converge to its apex. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3722b51934b34586892ca383f1c337ff2022-12-21T18:55:25ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2012-02-0131556110.3390/mi3010055Surface Plasmon Excitation and Localization by Metal-Coated Axicon PrismAtsushi OnoYoshimasa KawataWataru InamiHiroki SanoCollimated Gaussian beams are efficiently localized at the apex of a metal-coated axicon prism by surface plasmon excitations. We observed the light scattered at the apex and the light reflected by the prism. Intense scattered light was observed with the radial polarization incidence. Further, each incidence of the radial, azimuthal, and linear polarizations provided field distributions of bright and dark intensities in the reflected images according to the surface plasmon excitation. We have demonstrated that surface plasmon waves are excited at the sides of the prism in the Kretschmann configuration and that they converge to its apex.http://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/3/1/55/surface plasmon polaritonsKretschmann configurationradial polarizationnear-field opticsmetallic thin film |
| spellingShingle | Atsushi Ono Yoshimasa Kawata Wataru Inami Hiroki Sano Surface Plasmon Excitation and Localization by Metal-Coated Axicon Prism Micromachines surface plasmon polaritons Kretschmann configuration radial polarization near-field optics metallic thin film |
| title | Surface Plasmon Excitation and Localization by Metal-Coated Axicon Prism |
| title_full | Surface Plasmon Excitation and Localization by Metal-Coated Axicon Prism |
| title_fullStr | Surface Plasmon Excitation and Localization by Metal-Coated Axicon Prism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surface Plasmon Excitation and Localization by Metal-Coated Axicon Prism |
| title_short | Surface Plasmon Excitation and Localization by Metal-Coated Axicon Prism |
| title_sort | surface plasmon excitation and localization by metal coated axicon prism |
| topic | surface plasmon polaritons Kretschmann configuration radial polarization near-field optics metallic thin film |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/3/1/55/ |
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