Delay in light transmission through small apertures

A. Dogariu; T. Thio; L. J. Wang; T. W. Ebbesen; H. J. Lezec

doi:10.1364/OL.26.000450

Delay in light transmission through small apertures

A. Dogariu, T. Thio, L. J. Wang, T. W. Ebbesen, H. J. Lezec

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Abstract

We demonstrate a technique for measuring pulse propagation time delays with 0.5-fs resolution by use of a widely available 100-fs pulsed laser. Using this technique, we measured the time delay of a light pulse transiting through subwavelength apertures placed on a 0.3-μm metallic film. We measured a 7-fs total transit time, corresponding to an effective group velocity of c/7. The experimental result yielded additional evidence that light interacts resonantly with oscillators formed by the surface modes near the small apertures.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	450-452
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	26
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.26.000450
State	Published - Apr 1 2001
Externally published	Yes

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Delay in light transmission through small apertures

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