title: Correlation effects in disordered metallic photonic crystal slabs.
abstract: We analyze the influence of correlations on the optical properties of disordered metallic photonic crystal slabs experimentally and theoretically. Different disorder models with different nearest-neighbor correlations are considered. We present a theory that allows us to quantitatively calculate the optical properties of the different samples. We find that different kinds of correlations produce characteristic spectral features such as peak reduction and inhomogeneous broadening. These features are caused by reduced excitation efficiencies and the excitation of multiple resonances.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schönhardt
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Christ
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zentgraf
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuhl
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Giessen