Study of surface plasmons with a scanning acoustic microscope

Journal Article · Sat May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2003 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2003V033N05ABEH002433· OSTI ID:21470321

Bereiter-Hahn, J; Blase, C ^[1]; Lozovik, Yurii E ^[2]; Nazarov, Maksim M; Shkurinov, A P ^[3]

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1. Kinematishe Zellforshung, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
2. Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow region (Russian Federation)
3. Department of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow (Russian Federation)

A new technique for investigating the surface plasmons by means of a scanning acoustic microscope is proposed. Within this technique, the surface electromagnetic wave (plasmon polariton) is excited by laser radiation on one side of a metal film, while a scanning acoustic microscope excites surface acoustic waves on the other side of the film. Obtained for the first time, the acoustic images of plasmons, propagating on the grating surface, demonstrate the possibility of studying the plasmon wave field distribution by means of a scanning acoustic microscope. (nonlinear optical phenomena)

• OSTI ID: 21470321
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 33, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2003v033n05ABEH002433; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY
FILMS
GRATINGS
LASER RADIATION
METALS
MICROSCOPES
PLASMONS
SOUND WAVES
SURFACES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
MICROSCOPY
QUASI PARTICLES
RADIATIONS