Probing large area surface plasmon interference in thin metal films using photon scanning tunneling microscopy

A. Passian; A. Wig; A. L. Lereu; P. G. Evans; F. Meriaudeau; T. Thundat; T. L. Ferrell

doi:10.1016/j.ultramic.2003.11.018

Probing large area surface plasmon interference in thin metal films using photon scanning tunneling microscopy

A. Passian, A. Wig, A. L. Lereu, P. G. Evans, F. Meriaudeau, T. Thundat, T. L. Ferrell

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Abstract

The interference of surface plasmons can provide important information regarding the surface features of the hosting thin metal film. We present an investigation of the interference of optically excited surface plasmons in the Kretschmann configuration in the visible spectrum. Large area surface plasmon interference regions are generated at several wavelengths and imaged with the photon scanning tunneling microscope. Furthermore, we discuss the non-retarded dispersion relations for the surface plasmons in the probe-metal system modeled as confocal hyperboloids of revolution in the spheroidal coordinate systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	429-436
Number of pages	8
Journal	Ultramicroscopy
Volume	100
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2003.11.018
State	Published - Aug 2004

Funding

This work was supported by the DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER). Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831-6123, is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC05-0096OR22725.

Funders	Funder number
DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research
OBER	37831-6123
U.S. Department of Energy	DE-AC05-0096OR22725

Keywords

Dispersion relation
Interference
Metal thin films
Scanning probe microscopy
Surface plasmons

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