Published In

Physical Review B

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-1989

Subjects

Plasmons (Physics), Thin films -- Corrosion, Optical materials -- Surfaces, Nanotechnology

Abstract

The problem of the decay rate for molecules at corrugated thin metal films is considered theoretically via a classical phenomenological approach by generalization of a previous theory for a single rough surface. In particular, numerical results are worked out in detail for grating films with various possible arrangements of the two grating surfaces, and for both cases with a supported and a free-standing film. Effects due to cross coupling into the long- and short-range surface plasmons are observed, and correlations to recent experiments performed by Gruhlke, Holland, and Hall are made. It is suggested that fluorescence experiments with pulsed-laser excitations should be carried out in order for the results in the present calculation to be observed.

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This is the publisher's final pdf. Article appears in Physical Review B (http://prb.aps.org/) and is copyrighted by APS Journals (http://publish.aps.org/).

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.39.9888

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http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/7670

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