Observation of Surface Plasmon Resonance in Monochromatic Terahertz Radiation on Indium Antimonide

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Currently, the terahertz frequency range, which is on the border of the microwave and optical ranges, is being intensively mastered. One of the widely used materials in terahertz optics is indium antimonide (InSb), the plasma frequency ωp of which depends on the degree of doping, temperature, and surface illumination. The possibility of generating surface plasmon polaritons, a type of surface electromagnetic waves, on the surface of an InSb sample using the attenuated total reflectance method (ATR) (Otto scheme) is discussed. Using the scattering matrix formalism, the conditions for the highest efficiency of excitation of surface plasmon polaritons are established. If terahertz radiation with a frequency slightly less than ωp is used for this, the propagation length of such plasmons and the depth of their field penetration into the environment (air) are comparable to the radiation wavelength. It is possible to achieve surface plasmon resonance in the form of a sharp decrease in the intensity of monochromatic radiation reflected from the base of the ATR prism with a change in the angle of incidence and the size of the air gap. Test experiments were performed to observe surface plasmon resonance on an InSb wafer using a high-resistance silicon prism and monochromatic radiation (λ = 141 μm) from the Novosibirsk free electron laser. The dependence of the resonant dip on the size of the air gap separating the prism from the sample surface is studied, and its optimal (in the case of resonsnce) value is established for semiconductors with a plasma frequency in the terahertz range.

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I. Sh. Khasanov

Scientific and Technological Centre of Unique Instrumentation RAS; Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba

Author for correspondence.
Email: khasanov@ntcup.ru
Russia, 117342, Moscow; Russia, 117198, Moscow

V. V. Gerasimov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS; Novosibirsk State Universiry

Author for correspondence.
Email: khasanov@ntcup.ru
Russia, 630090, Novosibirsk; Russia, 630090, Novosibirsk

O. E. Kameshkov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS; Novosibirsk State Universiry

Email: v.v.gerasimov3@gmail.com
Russia, 630090, Novosibirsk; Russia, 630090, Novosibirsk

A. K. Nikitin

Scientific and Technological Centre of Unique Instrumentation RAS

Email: v.v.gerasimov3@gmail.com
Russia, 117342, Moscow

V. V. Kassandrоv

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba

Email: v.v.gerasimov3@gmail.com
Russia, 117198, Moscow

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