Total Absorption of an Electromagnetic Wave by an Overdense Plasma
Journal Article
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· Physical Review Letters
- Physics Department, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa (Israel)
We show both theoretically and experimentally that an electromagnetic wave can be totally absorbed by an overdense plasma when a subwavelength diffraction grating is placed in front of the plasma surface. The absorption is due to dissipation of surface plasma waves (plasmons polaritons) that have been resonantly excited by the evanescent component of the diffracted electromagnetic wave. The developed theoretical model allows one to determine the conditions for the total absorption.
- OSTI ID:
- 20696573
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 95; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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