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Focusing of Light by a Nano-Hole Array

Optics 2015-06-26 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate a conceptually new mechanism for sub-wavelength focusing at optical frequencies based upon the use of nano-hole quasi-periodic arrays in metal screens. Using coherent illumination at 660 nm and scanning near-field optical microscopy, ~290 nm "hot spots", were observed at a distance of ~12.5 mkm from the array. Even smaller hot-spots of about 200 nm in waist were observed closer to the plane of the array.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0611056,
  title  = {Focusing of Light by a Nano-Hole Array},
  author = {Fu Min Huang and Yifang Chen and F. Javier Garcia de Abajo and Nikolay Zheludev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0611056},
  year   = {2015}
}