Surface plasmons at the surface of liquid mercury |
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| Authors: | Howard L Lemberg Stuart A Rice Paul H Naylor Aaron N Bloch |
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| Institution: | Department of Chemistry and the James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, U.S.A.;Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | We have evaluated the surface plasmon dispersion relation in the presence of the inhomogeneous surface zone which has been proposed for liquid mercury. Assuming that photon-plasmon coupling occurs through the mechanism of frustrated total reflection, we find the dispersion relation to be sensitive to the existence of such a zone, providing retardation effects are taken into account. The results, it is believed, define nonradiative surface plasmon absorption as a useful technique for the study of conducting surfaces. |
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