Abstract
We report the first observation of a full photonic band gap for surface modes. An experimental study has been made of the propagation of surface plasmon polaritons on a silver surface that is textured with a hexagonal array of dots with a periodicity of 300 nm. We find that propagation is prohibited in all directions for modes with energies between 1.91 and 2.00 eV.
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Surface (topology)Photonic crystalSurface plasmonSurface plasmon polaritonPhotonicsBand gapMaterials sciencePolaritonHexagonal crystal systemOpticsOptoelectronicsPlasmonCondensed matter physicsPhysics
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- 1996
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- 77
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 2670-2673
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- 368
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S. C. Kitson,
William L. Barnes,
J. R. Sambles
(1996).
Full Photonic Band Gap for Surface Modes in the Visible.
Physical Review Letters
, 77
(13)
, 2670-2673.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.77.2670
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- 10.1103/physrevlett.77.2670