title: Decay rates modification through coupling of degenerate surface plasmon modes.
abstract: We measured the decay rates of two degenerate surface plasmon modes in Au nanohole arrays with different hole sizes by angle-resolved reflectivity spectroscopy. For each hole size, at the spectral region where resonant coupling occurs, we observed a large modification in decay rates, leading to the formation of dark and bright modes. The change in decay rates is well explained by temporal coupled mode theory. The deduced coupling constant is found to increase with increasing hole diameter. This study provides us a simple and effective means to control the decay rates of dark and bright modes, which are useful in plasmonic applications.
authors: Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, China.
authors: Hau-Yung
authors: HY
authors: Lo
authors: Hock-Chun
authors: HC
authors: Ong