Abstract
We report handedness-sensitive surface plasmon polariton (SPP) emission in mirror-symmetric ensembles of elliptical nanoholes made in a thin gold film. It is found by means of rigorous calculations and scanning near-field optical microscopy that SPP excitation direction depends on the direction of circularly polarized illumination E-vector rotation. An analytical model based on anisotropic polarizability of each nanohole is presented. Both the experimental and calculated results are in agreement with Curie's principle, and contribute to better understanding of symmetry in plasmonics. © 2012 Optical Society of America.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 10538-10544 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Optics Express |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 May 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics