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Science 5 November 2004:
Vol. 306. no. 5698, pp. 1002 - 1005
DOI: 10.1126/science.1102992
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Energy Transfer Across a Metal Film Mediated by Surface Plasmon Polaritons

P. Andrew* and W. L. Barnes{dagger}

Coupled surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are shown to provide effective transfer of excitation energy from donor molecules to acceptor molecules on opposite sides of metal films up to 120 nanometers thick. This variant of radiative transfer should allow directional control over the flow of excitation energy with the use of suitably designed metallic nanostructures, with SPPs mediating transfer over length scales of 10–7 to 10–4 meters. In the emerging field of nanophotonics, such a prospect could allow subwavelength-scale manipulation of light and provide an interface to the outside world.

Thin Film Photonics, School of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QL, UK.


* Present address: The Nanoscience Centre, University of Cambridge, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0FF, UK.

{dagger} To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: w.l.barnes{at}exeter.ac.uk

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