title: Fluctuations of the local density of states probe localized surface plasmons on disordered metal films.
abstract: We measure the statistical distribution of the local density of optical states (LDOS) on disordered semicontinuous metal films. We show that LDOS fluctuations exhibit a maximum in a regime where fractal clusters dominate the film surface. These large fluctuations are a signature of surface-plasmon localization on the nanometer scale.
authors.affiliation: Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krachmalnicoff
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Castanié
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: De Wilde
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carminati