Surface plasmon cross coupling in molecular fluorescence near a corrugated thin metal film
- 30 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 56 (26) , 2838-2841
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.56.2838
Abstract
Surface plasmons on opposite sides of a thin metal film can cross couple in the presence of a surface corrugation, or grating. We report the observation of this cross-coupling phenomenon as a radiative-decay mechanism for molecules near a corrugated thin metal film.Keywords
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