Enhanced optical transmission through planar metallic films via excitation of surface plasmons

Author

Blaikie, Richard ; Lin, Ling ; Reeves, Roger

Author_Institution

MacDiarmid Inst. for Adv. Mater. & Nanotechnol., Canterbury Univ., Christchurch

fYear

2006

fDate

3-7 July 2006

Abstract

A study on extraordinary optical transmission through planar metallic films closely coupled to periodic sub-wavelength structures is presented. The measured spectral positions of transmission maxima match well with the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) dispersion relations. The experimental results are further supported by rigorous coupled wave analysis (RCWA) simulations. The exceptional transmission is a result of coupling between the localized surface plasmon (LSP) mode existing in periodic sub-wavelength structures and the SPP modes on the planar metal films.

Keywords

dispersion relations; light transmission; metallic thin films; polaritons; surface plasmons; dispersion relations; localized surface plasmon mode; optical transmission; periodic subwavelength structures; planar metallic films; rigorous coupled wave analysis; spectral positions; surface plasmon polariton; Dielectric substrates; Etching; Glass; Gratings; Optical coupling; Optical films; Optical surface waves; Periodic structures; Plasmons; Resists;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2006. ICONN '06. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Brisbane, Qld.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0452-5

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0452-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICONN.2006.340652

Filename

4143432