Phase and reflectivity behavior near the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons in Kretschmann-ATR systems with metamaterials

• Published in: The European physical journal. D, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Vol. 66; no. 1
• Main Authors: Zeller, M. A., Cuevas, M., Depine, R. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 2012; EDP Sciences
• Subjects: Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory; Applied classical electromagnetism; Atomic; Collective excitations (including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations); Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties; Edge and boundary effects; reflection and refraction; Electromagnetic wave propagation, radiowave propagation; Electromagnetism; electron and ion optics; Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films and low-dimensional structures; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Molecular; Optical and Plasma Physics; Optical materials; Optics; Photonic bandgap materials; Physical Chemistry; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Information Technology; Quantum Physics; Regular Article; Spectroscopy/Spectrometry; Spintronics; Surface and interface electron states; Wave optics; Optical Phenomena and Photonics; Optical properties; Electromagnetic wave reflection; Optical materials; Attenuated total reflection; Excitation; Radiation matter interactions; Metamaterial; Surface plasmons
• ISSN: 1434-6060; 1434-6079
• DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2011-20496-1

In this work we study the optical response of Kretschmann-ATR structures with metamaterials near conditions of resonant coupling between the incident wave and a surface plasmon polariton. In contrast with previous research available in the literature, particular attention is paid to the behavior of the phase of the reflected fields. Besides, the results are discussed in the frame of a phenomenological model based on the properties of the complex poles and zeroes of the reflection coefficient.