Theoretical study of transient phenomena in near-field optics

被引:12
作者
Parent, G [1 ]
Van Labeke, D [1 ]
Baida, FI [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Franche Comte, Inst Microtech Franche Comte, Lab Opt PM Duffieux, CNRS,UMR 6603, F-25030 Besancon, France
来源
JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY-OXFORD | 2001年 / 202卷
关键词
FDTD method; light pulses; modelling; near-field optics; surface plasmons; tip; time-domain; transient phenomena;
D O I
10.1046/j.1365-2818.2001.00886.x
中图分类号
TH742 [显微镜];
学科分类号
摘要
A time-domain study of the propagation of a light pulse is made by the finite-difference time-domain method. This method is described briefly and then two applications are presented: creation and diffraction of surface plasmons in the time-domain, and propagation of a light pulse through two tip models, a dielectric one and a metal-coated one. Results on propagation speed of surface plasmons, spatio-temporal shape and spectral study of the field emitted by a tip are presented.
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页码:296 / 306
页数:11
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