title: Surface plasmon micro- and nano-optics.
abstract: We report the experimental realization of key elements of a two-dimensional optics based on surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). Local SPP sources, Bragg mirrors and beamsplitters were lithographically built from silver nanostructures. The SPP fields were imaged by detecting the fluorescence of molecules that act as local probes of the SPP near-field intensity.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Experimental Physics, Karl-Franzens-University and Erwin Schrödinger Institute for Nanoscale Research, Universitätsplatz 5, A-8010 Graz, Austria. krenn@kfunigraz.ac.at
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Krenn
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ditlbacher
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schider
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hohenau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leitner
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Aussenegg
mesh_terms: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007834:Lasers; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D010316:Particle Size; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D012834:Silver