Abstract
Light scattering by a small protrusion on a metal surface is analyzed within the framework of perturbation theory. Upon normal incidence of a linearly polarized monochromatic wave, slight deviations of the protrusion’s shape from a circularly symmetric one lead to the formation of optical vortices in the near-field region due to resonant excitation of circular surface plasmons. This agrees with the results of scanning near-field optical microscopy experiments revealing distinct spiral patterns in the in-plane near-field intensity distribution for metallized nanostructured polymer substrates.
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From Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) Fiziki, Vol. 82, No. 9, 2005, pp. 678–681.
Original English Text Copyright © 2005 by Ezhov, Magnitskii, Maslova, Muzychenko, Nikulin, Panov.
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