Seal, K.
, Sarychev, A.
, Noh, H.
, Genov, D.
, Yamilov, A.
, Shalaev, V.
, Ying, Z.
and Cao, H.
(2021),
Near-Field Intensity Correlations in Semicontinuous Metal-Dielectric Films, Physical Review Letters
(Accessed October 20, 2025)
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Near-Field Intensity Correlations in Semicontinuous Metal-Dielectric Films
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K Seal, A K. Sarychev, H Noh, D A. Genov, A Yamilov, Vladimir Shalaev, , H Cao
Abstract
Spatial intensity correlation functions are obtained from near-field scanning optical microscope measurements of semicontinuous metal-dielectric films. The concentration of metal particles on a dielectric surface is varied over a wide range to control the scattering strength. At low and high metal coverages where scattering is weak, the intensity correlation functions exhibit oscillations in the direction of incident light due to excitation of propagating surface waves. In the intermediate regime of metal concentration, the oscillatory behavior is replaced by a monotonic decay as a result of strong scattering and anomalous absorption. Significant differences in the near-field intensity correlations between metallic and dielectric random systems are demonstrated.Citation
Physical Review Letters
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Journals
Keywords
correlation function, light scattering, localization, near field, optical microscope, semicontinuous films, silver
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Created October 12, 2021