Observation of Single-Particle Plasmons by Near-Field Optical Microscopy
- 23 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 62 (4) , 458-461
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.62.458
Abstract
Plasmons in small protrusions of an otherwise flat gold film were studied with a scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM). Individual protrusions were selected by approaching them with another medium in a controlled way. Extremely narrow resonances in terms of scattering intensity versus distance were observed. The results open new opportunities for local plasmon studies as well as for SNOM with enhanced sensitivity and resolution, e.g., operation in a novel topographic mode (optical tunnel microscopy).Keywords
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