title: Interaction and spectral gaps of surface plasmon modes in gold nano-structures.
abstract: The transmission of ultrashort (7 fs) broadband laser pulses through periodic gold nano-structures is studied. The distribution of the transmitted light intensity over wavelength and angle shows an efficient coupling of the incident p-polarized light to two counter-propagating surface plasmon (SP) modes. As a result of the mode interaction, the avoided crossing patterns exhibit energy and momentum gaps, which depend on the configuration of the nano-structure and the wavelength. Variations of the widths of the SP resonances and an abrupt change of the mode interaction in the vicinity of the avoided crossing region are observed. These features are explained by the model of two coupled modes and a coupling change due to switching from the higher frequency dark mode to the lower frequency bright mode for increasing wavelength of the excitation light.
authors: Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA. a-kolomenski@physics.tamu.edu
authors: Alexandre
authors: A
authors: Kolomenskii
authors: Siying
authors: S
authors: Peng
authors: Jeshurun
authors: J
authors: Hembd
authors: Andrei
authors: A
authors: Kolomenski
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Noel
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Strohaber
authors: Winfried
authors: W
authors: Teizer
authors: Hans
authors: H
authors: Schuessler
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D008956:Models, Chemical; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D006046:Gold