Enhancement of four reflection shifts by a three-layer surface plasmon resonance

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that a three-layer system involving gold significantly enhances both spatial and angular reflection shifts of light near the surface plasmon resonance, with notable effects on Goos-Hanchen and Imbert-Fedorov shifts.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of how surface plasmon resonance amplifies reflection shifts in a three-layer system, highlighting giant effects near the resonant angle.

Findings

Giant spatial and angular Goos-Hanchen shifts near resonance for p-wave light.

Resonant enhancement of Imbert-Fedorov shifts, less pronounced than Goos-Hanchen.

Strong dependence of shifts on incidence angle and polarization.

Abstract

We investigate the effect of a surface plasmon resonance on Goos-Hanchen and Imbert-Fedorov spatial and angular shifts in the reflection of a light beam by considering a three-layer system made of glass, gold and air. We calculate these spatial and angular shifts as a function of the incidence angle showing that they are strongly enhanced in correspondence of the resonant angle. In particular, we find giant spatial and angular Goos-Hanchen shits for the p-wave light close to the plasmon resonance. We also predict a similar, but less pronounced, resonant effect on spatial and angular Imbert-Fedorov shifts for both s-wave and p-wave light.