Near-field surface plasmon microscopy: A numerical study of plasmon excitation, propagation, and edge interaction using a three-dimensional Gaussian beam
- 15 September 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 60 (11), 7812-7815
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.60.7812
Abstract
We present a three-dimensional model of the detection of a surface plasmon by a scanning tunneling optical microscope and we compare our results with experimental ones. We also present a study of reflection of a surface plasmon on the edge of a metallic groove.Keywords
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