中国物理B ›› 2011, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (3): 37806-037806.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/20/3/037806

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Systematic study on visible light collimation by nanostructured slits in the metal surface

傅晋欣, 华一磊, 陈宇辉, 刘荣鹃, 李家方, 李志远   

  1. Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 收稿日期:2010-09-28 修回日期:2010-11-22 出版日期:2011-03-15 发布日期:2011-03-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60736041 and 10874238), and the National Key Basic Research Special Foundation of China (Grant No. 2007CB613205).

Systematic study on visible light collimation by nanostructured slits in the metal surface

Fu Jin-Xin(傅晋欣), Hua Yi-Lei(华一磊), Chen Yu-Hui(陈宇辉), Liu Rong-Juan(刘荣鹃), Li Jia-Fang(李家方), and Li Zhi-Yuan(李志远)†   

  1. Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • Received:2010-09-28 Revised:2010-11-22 Online:2011-03-15 Published:2011-03-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60736041 and 10874238), and the National Key Basic Research Special Foundation of China (Grant No. 2007CB613205).

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摘要： We present a systematic experimental investigation on visible light collimation by a nanostructured slit flanked with a pair of periodic array of grooves in gold thin film. A wide variety of aspects are considered, such as the polarization state, the transport path of incident light, the groove--groove spacing, the groove width and depth. Our results clearly show that the relationship between the collimation wavelength and the periodicity of the slit-groove structure accords well with the surface plasmon dispersion model proposed by previous researchers. Furthermore, the surface plasmon wave phase retardation effect induced by the surface structure is also verified via the measurement for samples with different groove widths and depths. These results indicate that the detailed geometry of the groove structure has obvious impacts on the collimation effect and the angular distribution of the diffraction light in the subwavelength plasmonic system.

Abstract: We present a systematic experimental investigation on visible light collimation by a nanostructured slit flanked with a pair of periodic array of grooves in gold thin film. A wide variety of aspects are considered, such as the polarization state, the transport path of incident light, the groove–groove spacing, the groove width and depth. Our results clearly show that the relationship between the collimation wavelength and the periodicity of the slit-groove structure accords well with the surface plasmon dispersion model proposed by previous researchers. Furthermore, the surface plasmon wave phase retardation effect induced by the surface structure is also verified via the measurement for samples with different groove widths and depths. These results indicate that the detailed geometry of the groove structure has obvious impacts on the collimation effect and the angular distribution of the diffraction light in the subwavelength plasmonic system.

Key words: surface plasmon, collimation

中图分类号:  (Optical properties of specific thin films)

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