Effects of interplay between metal subwavelength slits on extraordinary optical transmission

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/22/2/024201

Abstract In this paper we study the extraordinary optical transmission of one-dimensional multi-slit in an ideal metal film. The transmissivity is calculated as a function of various structural parameters. The transmissivity oscillates, with the period being just the light wavelength, as a function of the spacing between slits. As the number of slits increases, the transmissivity varies in one of the three ways. It can increase, attenuate, or remain basically unchanged, depending on the spacing between slits. Each way is in an oscillatory manner. The slit interaction responsible for the oscillating transmission strength that depends on slit spacing is the subject of more detailed investigation. The interaction most intuitively manifests as a current distribution in the metal surface between slits. We find that this current is attenuated in an oscillating fashion from the slit corners to the center of the region between two adjacent slits, and we present a mathematical expression for its waveform.

Keywords: extraordinary optical transmission metal subwavelength slits interplay between slits

Received: 16 July 2012
Revised: 29 August 2012
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PACS:	42.15.Eq	(Optical system design)
	42.79.Dj	(Gratings)
	78.68.+m	(Optical properties of surfaces)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11074145, 10874124, and 61275028).

Corresponding Authors: Wang Huai-Yu, Zhou Yun-Song
E-mail: wanghuaiyu@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn; 263zys@263.net

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Wei Fei-Fei (魏菲菲), Wang Huai-Yu (王怀玉), Zhou Yun-Song (周云松) Effects of interplay between metal subwavelength slits on extraordinary optical transmission 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 024201

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