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Light transmission assisted by Brewster-Zennek modes in chromium films carrying a subwavelength hole array

Optics 2009-11-10 v2 Materials Science

Abstract

This work confirms that not only surface plasmons but many other kinds of electromagnetic eigenmodes should be considered in explaining the values of the transmittivity through a slab bearing a two-dimensional periodic corrugation. Specifically, the role of Brewster-Zennek modes appearing in metallic films exhibiting regions of weak positive dielectric constant. It is proposed that these modes play a significant role in the light transmission in a thin chromium film perforated with normal cylindrical holes, for appropriate lattice parameters.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0311014,
  title  = {Light transmission assisted by Brewster-Zennek modes in chromium films carrying a subwavelength hole array},
  author = {Michael Sarrazin and Jean-Pol Vigneron},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0311014},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures. Published version