Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 10, Issue 8, Pages 3123-3128Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl101873g
Keywords
Plasmonics; surface plasmon polaritons; nanofocusing; field enhancement; extraordinary optical transmission; Rayleigh anomaly
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We demonstrate that the phenomenon of extraordinary optical transmission (COT) through perforated metal films can be further boosted up by utilizing nanofocusing of radiation in tapered slits. For one-dimensional arrays of tapered slits in optically thick suspended gold films, we show that the maximum transmission at resonance is achieved for taper angles in the range of 7-10 degrees increasing significantly in comparison with the transmission by straight slits. Transmission spectroscopy of fabricated 500 and 700 nm period tapered slits in a 180 nm thick gold film on a glass substrate demonstrates the enhanced COT with the resonance transmission being as high as similar to 0.18 for the filling ratio of similar to 0.13 and showing good correspondence with theoretical results. It is also shown that the enhanced transmission can be achieved with either weak (2.5%) or strong (43%) reflection depending on the direction of light (normal) incidence.
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