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Different mechanisms for efficient optical transmission through bilayered subwavelength patterned metal films

Optics 2015-05-13 v1

Abstract

Light transmission through bilayered thin metal films perforated with subwavelength hole arrays are numerically studied based on a full-vector finite-difference time-domain approach. A variety of transmission peaks originating from different physical mechanisms are observed. In addition to the direct tunnelling and Fabry-P\`{e}rot resonances, generally possessed by idealized bilayered dielectric slabs, the near-field localized plasmon polaritons also play important roles. They not only influence the direct tunnelling in a destructive or constructive way, the interactions between these localized plasmon polaritons on different metal films also result in additional channels which transfer optical energy effectively.

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@article{arxiv.0903.2075,
  title  = {Different mechanisms for efficient optical transmission through bilayered subwavelength patterned metal films},
  author = {Jian Wang and Yong Zeng and Xiaoshuang Chen and Wei Lu and Jerome V. Moloney},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.2075},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures. submitted

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