90% Extraordinary optical transmission in the visible range through annular aperture metallic arrays
Author(s) -
Y. Poujet,
Jérôme Salvi,
Fadi Baida
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
optics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.32.002942
Subject(s) - optics , extraordinary optical transmission , materials science , transmission (telecommunications) , visible spectrum , aperture (computer memory) , range (aeronautics) , optoelectronics , surface plasmon , plasmon , surface plasmon polariton , physics , telecommunications , computer science , acoustics , composite material
We demonstrate what we believe to be the first experimental extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) of up to 90%, thanks to a well-identified guided mode that propagates through annular apertures engraved into an optically thick silver layer. In spite of the metal losses, high transmission can be obtained by adjusting the geometrical parameters of the fabricated structure, as was already theoretically demonstrated. To our knowledge, this is the first study showing such a large transmission in the visible range.
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