Transient behavior of surface plasmon polaritons scattered at a subwavelength groove

G. Lévêque, O. J. F. Martin, and J. Weiner
Phys. Rev. B 76, 155418 – Published 18 October 2007

Abstract

We present a numerical study and analytical model of the optical near field diffracted in the vicinity of subwavelength grooves milled in silver surfaces. The Green’s tensor approach permits the computation of the phase and amplitude dependence of the diffracted wave as a function of the groove geometry. It is shown that the field diffracted along the interface by the groove is equivalent to replacing the groove by an oscillating dipolar line source. An analytic expression is derived from the Green’s function formalism, which reproduces well the asymptotic surface plasmon polariton (SPP) wave as well as the transient surface wave in the near zone close to the groove. The agreement between this model and the full simulation is very good, showing that the transient “near-zone” regime does not depend on the precise shape of the groove. Finally, it is shown that a composite diffractive evanescent wave model that includes the asymptotic SPP can describe the wavelength evolution in this transient near zone. Such a semianalytical model may be useful for the design and optimization of more elaborate photonic circuits, whose behavior in a large part will be controlled by surface waves.

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  • Received 4 April 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.76.155418

©2007 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

G. Lévêque* and O. J. F. Martin

  • Laboratoire de Nanophotonique et Métrologie, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH1015-Lausanne, Switzerland

J. Weiner

  • IRSAMC/LCAR, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France and IFSC/CePOF, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400-CEP 13566-590, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

  • *gaetan.leveque@epfl.ch
  • jweiner@irsamc.ups-tlse.fr

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Vol. 76, Iss. 15 — 15 October 2007

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