Nearly zero transmission through periodically modulated ultrathin metal films

Sanshui Xiao; Jingjing Zhang; Liang Peng; Claus Jeppesen; Radu Malureanu; Anders Kristensen; Asger Mortensen

doi:10.1063/1.3481397

Nearly zero transmission through periodically modulated ultrathin metal films

Sanshui Xiao, Jingjing Zhang, Liang Peng, Claus Jeppesen, Radu Malureanu, Anders Kristensen, Asger Mortensen

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Abstract

Transmission of light through an optically ultrathin metal film with a thickness comparable to its skin depth is significant. We demonstrate experimentally nearly-zero transmission of light through a film periodically modulated by a one-dimensional array of subwavelength slits. The suppressed optical transmission is due to the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons and the zero-transmission phenomenon is strongly dependent on the polarization of the incident wave.

Original language	English
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	97
Issue number	7
ISSN	0003-6951
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3481397
Publication status	Published - 2010

Keywords

Surface plasmons
Optical films
Light polarisation
Polaritons
Metallic thin films
Optical arrays
Light transmission

Access to Document

10.1063/1.3481397

OpenUrl availability

Full text

Cite this

@article{5f0a192cdd434797baa3f68adb5538e7,

title = "Nearly zero transmission through periodically modulated ultrathin metal films",

abstract = "Transmission of light through an optically ultrathin metal film with a thickness comparable to its skin depth is significant. We demonstrate experimentally nearly-zero transmission of light through a film periodically modulated by a one-dimensional array of subwavelength slits. The suppressed optical transmission is due to the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons and the zero-transmission phenomenon is strongly dependent on the polarization of the incident wave.",

keywords = "Surface plasmons, Optical films, Light polarisation, Polaritons, Metallic thin films, Optical arrays, Light transmission",

author = "Sanshui Xiao and Jingjing Zhang and Liang Peng and Claus Jeppesen and Radu Malureanu and Anders Kristensen and Asger Mortensen",

year = "2010",

doi = "10.1063/1.3481397",

language = "English",

volume = "97",

journal = "Applied Physics Letters",

issn = "0003-6951",

publisher = "American Institute of Physics",

number = "7",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Nearly zero transmission through periodically modulated ultrathin metal films

AU - Xiao, Sanshui

AU - Zhang, Jingjing

AU - Peng, Liang

AU - Jeppesen, Claus

AU - Malureanu, Radu

AU - Kristensen, Anders

AU - Mortensen, Asger

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - Transmission of light through an optically ultrathin metal film with a thickness comparable to its skin depth is significant. We demonstrate experimentally nearly-zero transmission of light through a film periodically modulated by a one-dimensional array of subwavelength slits. The suppressed optical transmission is due to the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons and the zero-transmission phenomenon is strongly dependent on the polarization of the incident wave.

AB - Transmission of light through an optically ultrathin metal film with a thickness comparable to its skin depth is significant. We demonstrate experimentally nearly-zero transmission of light through a film periodically modulated by a one-dimensional array of subwavelength slits. The suppressed optical transmission is due to the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons and the zero-transmission phenomenon is strongly dependent on the polarization of the incident wave.

KW - Surface plasmons

KW - Optical films

KW - Light polarisation

KW - Polaritons

KW - Metallic thin films

KW - Optical arrays

KW - Light transmission

U2 - 10.1063/1.3481397

DO - 10.1063/1.3481397

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0003-6951

VL - 97

JO - Applied Physics Letters

JF - Applied Physics Letters

IS - 7

ER -

Nearly zero transmission through periodically modulated ultrathin metal films

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

OpenUrl availability

Fingerprint

Cite this