The Inverted Surface Plasmon Resonance: Further Discussion

• Published in: Journal of modern optics Vol. 42; no. 7; pp. 1355 - 1360
• Main Authors: Bussjager, R., Macleod, H.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Taylor & Francis Group 01-07-1995; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Collective excitations (including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations); Collective excitations (including plasmons and other charge-density excitations); Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties; Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films and low-dimensional structures; Exact sciences and technology; Metals and metallic alloys; Metals. Metallurgy; Optical properties and condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of matter with particles and radiation; Optical properties of specific thin films; Physics; Surface and interface electron states; Thin films; Gold; Transition elements; Refractive index; Chromium; Theoretical study; Resonance; Surface plasmons; Reflectance
• ISSN: 0950-0340; 1362-3044
• DOI: 10.1080/09500349514551181

Surface plasmon resonances are traditionally recognized by a narrow dip in reflectance for p-polarized light beyond the critical angle. A similar resonance in a chromium and gold combination was recently reported which exhibited a maximum rather than a minimum in p reflectance. This paper continues the theoretical examination of this phenomenon by thin-film modelling.