Coherent plasmonic enhanced terahertz transmission through random metallic media

被引：41

作者：

Chau, KJ ^{[1
]}

Dice, GD ^{[1
]}

Elezzabi, AY ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Alberta, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Ultrafast Photon & Nanoopt Lab, Edmonton, AB T6G 2V4, Canada

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2005年 / 94卷 / 17期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.173904

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We experimentally show coherent, enhanced terahertz transmission through dense 3D random metallic media having subwavelength heterogeneity. Preservation of the incident polarization state and strong dispersion of the transmitted radiation indicate that the enhanced transmission is due to delocalized plasmonic propagation over distances 5 orders of magnitude greater than the skin depth. The experimental observations are supported by numerical finite difference time-domain simulations.

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