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Giant Enhancement of Transmitted Light and Its Localization Due to Elastic Surface Plasmon–Polariton Scattering by a Thin Dielectric Diffraction Grating

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The enhancement factor for surface plasmon–polaritons scattering by a thin dielectric grating was measured experimentally. Scattering of a p-polarized wave may be up to 30,000 times stronger than the non-resonant scattering of an s-polarized wave by the same grating. A detailed comparison between the theoretical calculations and experimental measurements was performed. Strong localization of the scattered field near the edges of diffraction grating grooves was found. Such localization is very promising for numerous applications, e.g., biological sensors, optical tweezers for catching particles, or viruses, etc.

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  1. We have used the implementation of the finite element method provided by the commercial software COMSOL Multiphysics. The discretisation in each sub-domain has been optimized to achieve the convergence. In the gold film and dielectric grating the maximum element size of the mesh is 10 nm, while in substrate and vacuum regions it is 20 nm

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The authors are indebted to Prof. A. Otto for his fruitful discussing of our results.

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  1. V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 41 Nauki Prosp., 03028, Kiev, Ukraine

    Valeriy A. Sterligov & Iaroslav O. Grytsaienko

  2. Institut für EBS, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 45, 89081, Ulm, Germany

    Yakiv Men

  3. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon and Departamento de Fisica de la Materia Condensada, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, E-50009, Zaragoza, Spain

    Maxim L. Nesterov

  4. CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, 20018, Donostia San Sebastian, Spain

    Alexey Yu. Nikitin

  5. IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, E-48011, Bilbao, Spain

    Alexey Yu. Nikitin

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Sterligov, V.A., Grytsaienko, I.O., Men, Y. et al. Giant Enhancement of Transmitted Light and Its Localization Due to Elastic Surface Plasmon–Polariton Scattering by a Thin Dielectric Diffraction Grating. Plasmonics 9, 219–226 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-013-9615-x

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