How light emerges from an illuminated array of subwavelength holes

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-123

  Bravo Abad, J ^a   Degiron, A ^b   Przybilla, F ^b   Genet, C ^b   Garcia Vidal F J ^a   Martin Moreno L ^c   Ebbesen, T W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE PLASMONS;

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODES; EMISSION PATTERN; EXTRAORDINARY OPTICAL TRANSMISSION; INFINITE ARRAYS; RESONANT PROCESS; SUB-WAVELENGTH HOLES; THEORETICAL STUDY;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33646683372     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys213     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Ebbesen, T. W., Lezec, H. J., Ghaemi, H. F., Thio, T. & Wolff, P. A. Extraodinary optical transmission through sub-wavelength hole arrays. Nature 391, 667-669 (1998).
2. Popov, E., Nevière, M. Enoch, S. & Reinisch, R. Theory of light transmission through subwavelength periodic hole arrays. Phys. Rev. B 62, 16100-16108 (2000).
3. Martín-Moreno, L. et al. Theory of extraodinary optical transmission through subwavelength hole arrays. Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1114-1117 (2001).
4. Collin, S., Pardo, F., Teissier, R. & Pelouard, J. L. Strong discontinuities in the complex photonic band structure of transmission metallic gratings. Phys. Rev. B 63, 033107 (2001).
5. Müller, R., Malyarchuk, V. & Lienau, C. Three-dimensional theory on light-induced near-field dynamics in a metal film with a periodic array of nanoholes. Phys. Rev. B 68, 205415 (2003).
6. Sarrazin, M., Vigneron, J.-P. & Vigoureux, J.-M. Role of Wood anomalies in optical properties of thin metallic films with a bidimensional array of subwavelength holes. Phys. Rev. B 67, 085415 (2003).
7. Genet, C., van Exter, M. P. & Woerdman, J. P. Fano-type interpretation of red shifts and red tails in hole array transmission spectra. Opt. Commun. 225, 331-336 (2003).
8. Barnes, W. L., Murray, W. A., Dintinger, J., Devaux, E. & Ebbesen, T. W. Surface plasmon polaritons and their role in the extraordinary transmission of light through periodic arrays of subwavelength holes in a metal film. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 107401 (2004).
9. Klein Koerkamp, K. J., Enoch, S., Seqerik, F. B., van Hulst, N. F. & Kuipers, L. Strong influence of hole shape in enhanced transmission through periodic arrays of subwavelength holes. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 183901 (2004).
10. Gordon, R. et al. Strong polarization in the optical transmission through elliptical nanohole arrays. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 37401 (2004).
11. Degiron, A., Lezec, H. J., Yamamoto, N. & Ebbesen, T. W. Optical transmission properties of a single subwavelength aperture in a real metal. Opt. Commun. 239, 61-66 (2004).
12. Schouten, H. F. et al. Plasmon-assisted two-slit transmission: Young's experiment revisited. Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 053901 (2005).
13. Williams, S. M. et al Use of the extraordinary infrared transmission of metallic subwavelength arrays to study the catalyzed reaction of methanol to formaldehyde on copper oxide. J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 11833-11837 (2004).
14. Brolo, A. G., Gordon, R., Leathem, B. & Kavanagh, K. L. Surface plasmon sensor based on the enhanced light transmission through arrays of nanoholes in gold films. Langmuir 20, 4813-4815 (2004).
15. Nahata, A., Linke, R. A., Ishi, T. & Ohashi, K. Enhanced nonlinear optical conversion from periodically nanostructured metal film. Opt. Lett. 28, 423-425 (2003).
16. Luo, X. & Ishihara, T. Surface plasmon resonant interference nanolithography technique. Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 4780-4782 (2004).
17. Ishi, T., Fujikata, J., Makita, K., Baba, T. & Ohashi, K. Si nanophotodiode with a surface plasmon antenna. Jpn J. Appl Phys. 44, L364-L366 (2005).
18. Shinada, S., Hasijume, J. & Koyama, F. Surface plasmon resonance on microaperture vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with metal grating. Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 836-838 (2003).
19. Bravo-Abad, J., García-Vidal, F. J. & Martín-Moreno, L. Resonant transmission of light through finite chains of subwavelength holes in a metallic film. Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 227401 (2004).
20. Martín-Moreno, L. & García-Vidal, F. J. Optical transmission through circular hole arrays in optically thick metal films. Opt. Express 12, 3619-3628 (2004).