Surface plasmon cross coupling in molecular fluorescence near a corrugated thin metal film

R. W. Gruhlke; W. R. Holland; D. G. Hall

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2838

Surface plasmon cross coupling in molecular fluorescence near a corrugated thin metal film

R. W. Gruhlke, W. R. Holland, and D. G. Hall

Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 2838 – Published 30 June 1986

Abstract

Surface plasmons on opposite sides of a thin metal film can cross couple in the presence of a surface corrugation, or grating. We report the observation of this cross-coupling phenomenon as a radiative-decay mechanism for molecules near a corrugated thin metal film.