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Absorption‐Induced Transparency
Author(s) -
Hutchison James A.,
O'Carroll Deirdre M.,
Schwartz Tal,
Genet Cyriaque,
Ebbesen Thomas W.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201006019
Subject(s) - transparency (behavior) , absorption (acoustics) , wavelength , layer (electronics) , transmission (telecommunications) , adsorption , materials science , molecule , optics , optoelectronics , computer science , telecommunications , nanotechnology , physics , chemistry , organic chemistry , computer security
Transparent windows are opened in optically thick metallic films perforated with subwavelength holes by adsorbing a thin layer of molecules at the surface. Counterintuitively, transmission occurs at wavelengths at which the molecular layer absorbs strongly (in this case at 700 nm), as revealed by transmission spectra of the hole array without (black curve) and with adsorbed molecules (red).