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Localized <strong>Surface</strong> Plasmons :<br />

Nanofocusing and Nanolithography<br />

ω (10 15 s -1 )<br />

8<br />

6<br />

4<br />

2<br />

ω=c k x<br />

λ=337 nm; ε 1 = -1<br />

Broad<br />

dispersion<br />

0<br />

0 20 40 60 80 100<br />

k x (μm -1 )<br />

'<br />

1<br />

At large kx<br />

( ε1 →−ε2), z i ≈ .<br />

kx<br />

E = ± iE ( air : + i, metal :- i)<br />

z x<br />

Strong confinement at the interface<br />

Nano focusing

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