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Scattering of a surface plasmon polariton by a surface defect

F. Pincemin, A. A. Maradudin, A. D. Boardman, and J.-J. Greffet
Phys. Rev. B 50, 15261 – Published 15 November 1994
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By means of a Green-function, volume-integral-equation approach we study numerically the scattering of a surface plasmon polariton at a planar vacuum-metal interface by dielectric and metallic defects that are either embedded in the metal substrate or are situated in the vacuum region on the substrate. We calculate the transmission and reflection coefficients for the surface plasmon polariton, as well as the efficiency of its conversion into volume electromagnetic waves in the vacuum propagating away from the surface. We also compute the near field in the vicinity of the surface defect.

  • Received 12 May 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.50.15261

©1994 American Physical Society

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F. Pincemin and A. A. Maradudin

  • Department of Physics and Institute for Surface and Interface Science, University of California, Irvine, California 92717

A. D. Boardman

  • Department of Physics, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, United Kingdom

J.-J. Greffet

  • Laboratoire d’Energétique Moléculaire et Macroscopique, Combustion, Ecole Centrale Paris, Châtenay-Malabry, 92295 Cedex, France

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Vol. 50, Iss. 20 — 15 November 1994

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