We demonstrate through simulations and experiments that a perforated metallic film, with subwavelength perforation dimensions and spacing, deposited on a substrate with a sufficiently large dielectric constant, can develop a broad-band frequency window where the transmittance of light into the substrate becomes essentially equal to that in the film absence. We show that the location of this broad-band extraordinary optical transmission window can be engineered in a wide frequency range (from IR to UV), by varying the geometry and the material of the perforated film as well as the dielectric constant of the substrate. This effect could be useful in the development of transparent conducting electrodes for various photonic and photovoltaic devices.
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11 March 2013
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March 15 2013
Enhanced broad-band extraordinary optical transmission through subwavelength perforated metallic films on strongly polarizable substrates
Tianyi Sun;
Tianyi Sun
a)
1
Department of Physics, Boston College
, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
2
Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston
, Texas 77204
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Eser Metin Akinoglu;
Eser Metin Akinoglu
a)
3
Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin
, Berlin, Germany
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Chuanfei Guo;
Chuanfei Guo
2
Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston
, Texas 77204
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Trilochan Paudel;
Trilochan Paudel
1
Department of Physics, Boston College
, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
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Jinwei Gao;
Jinwei Gao
4
South China Normal University
, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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Yang Wang;
Yang Wang
4
South China Normal University
, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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Michael Giersig;
Michael Giersig
3
Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin
, Berlin, Germany
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Zhifeng Ren;
Zhifeng Ren
2
Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston, Houston
, Texas 77204
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Krzysztof Kempa
Krzysztof Kempa
b)
1
Department of Physics, Boston College
, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
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T. Sun and E. M. Akinoglu contributed equally to this work.
b)
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Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 101114 (2013)
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Received:
January 14 2013
Accepted:
February 27 2013
Citation
Tianyi Sun, Eser Metin Akinoglu, Chuanfei Guo, Trilochan Paudel, Jinwei Gao, Yang Wang, Michael Giersig, Zhifeng Ren, Krzysztof Kempa; Enhanced broad-band extraordinary optical transmission through subwavelength perforated metallic films on strongly polarizable substrates. Appl. Phys. Lett. 11 March 2013; 102 (10): 101114. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4795151
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