| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1785411 | Current Applied Physics | 2015 | 8 Pages |
•Higher refractive index substrate is used.•Excitation and propagation length of the SPP is correlated with near- and far-field analysis.•Application in heat assisted magnetic recording.•Experimental work.
The propagation length of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) is investigated experimentally using a 1D metallic grating fabricated on a higher refractive index substrate (Gallium Phosphide, GaP). The experimentally measured value propagation length of the SPP (LSPP) at 785 nm wavelength is 13.33 ± 0.13 μm, which is close to the theoretical value of the LSPP on an ideal Au-thin film. The SPP resonance observed in far-field measurements confirms the underlying process and the related effects on the LSPP measured by scanning near field optical microscope (SNOM). Far-field measurements shows that LSPP is associated with the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the SPP resonance which in-turn associated with in-plane directional scattering of the SPP.
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