TY - JOUR T1 - Electromagnetic Analysis of Plasmon-Resonance Based All-Optical Magnetic Recording JF - Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on Y1 - 2009 A1 - Mayergoyz, Issak D A1 - Zhang,Zhenyu A1 - McAvoy,P. A1 - Bowen,D. A1 - Krafft,C. KW - Ag;boundary KW - all-optical KW - analysis;magnetization KW - and KW - based KW - effects;nanoparticles;silver;surface KW - eigenfunctions;magnetic KW - equations;circular KW - equations;eigenvalues KW - integral KW - intensity;cylindrical KW - light KW - magnetic KW - modes;plasmon-resonance KW - nanoholes;circularly KW - nanoshells;eigenvalue KW - nanostructures;boundary KW - plasmon KW - polarized KW - problem;electromagnetic KW - recording;magnetisation KW - recording;silver;uniaxial KW - resonance; KW - reversal;magneto-optical KW - reversals;nanoparticle;plasmon AB - The electromagnetic analysis of plasmon-resonance-based all-optical magnetic recording is performed. This analysis is based on the treatment of plasmon resonances as an eigenvalue problem for specific boundary integral equations. The plasmon modes which can be excited in circular nanoholes and cylindrical nanoshells by circularly polarized light are theoretically and numerically studied. Dramatic enhancement of circularly polarized light intensity on the nanoscale through the excitation of specific plasmon modes in uniaxial nanostructures is demonstrated. VL - 45 SN - 0018-9464 CP - 3 M3 - 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2012762 ER -