dc.contributor.author | Hibbins, Alastair P. | en_GB |
dc.contributor.author | Sambles, J. Roy | en_GB |
dc.contributor.author | Lawrence, Christopher R. | en_GB |
dc.contributor.department | University of Exeter; Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, Farnborough | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-04-22T16:07:57Z | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-25T11:55:01Z | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-20T13:26:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000-02-25 | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | It is shown that an absorbing dielectric layer, sinusoidally modulated in height, on top of a planar metal substrate, may be used to provide coupling between both s- and p-polarized incident microwave photons and surface plasmon polaritons, which propagate along the metal–dielectric interface. The study is carried out using paraffin wax as the dielectric material on an aluminum-alloy plate and the wax is sufficiently thick such that it may also support a guided mode. Energy reradiated from these excited modes into diffracted orders is recorded by monitoring the specular beam reflectivity as a function of wavelength (7.5<λ0<11.3 mm) and azimuthal angle of incidence (0°<φ<90°). The azimuthal-angle-dependent reflectivity scans are fitted using a multilayer, multishape differential formalism to model conical diffraction with a single set of parameters describing the grating profile, and the permittivity and thickness of the wax layer. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 87 (6), pp. 2677-2683 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1063/1.372241 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10036/24033 | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | American Institute of Physics | en_GB |
dc.subject | polaritons | en_GB |
dc.subject | surface plasmons | en_GB |
dc.subject | electromagnetic wave polarisation | en_GB |
dc.subject | metal-insulator boundaries | en_GB |
dc.subject | reflectivity | en_GB |
dc.subject | diffraction gratings | en_GB |
dc.subject | microwave propagation | en_GB |
dc.title | The coupling of microwave radiation to surface plasmon polaritons and guided modes via dielectric gratings | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2008-04-22T16:07:57Z | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2011-01-25T11:55:01Z | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2013-03-20T13:26:55Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0021-8979 | en_GB |
dc.description | Copyright © 2000 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Journal of Applied Physics 87 (2000) and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?JAPIAU/87/2677/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Applied Physics | en_GB |