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Nanogroove array on thin metallic film as planar lens with tunable focusing

Optics 2015-06-12 v1

Abstract

Numerical results for the distributions of light transmitted through metallic planar lenses composed of symmetric nanogroove arrays on the surfaces of a gold film are presented and explained. Both the near- and far-field distributions of the intensity of light transmitted are calculated by using a Green's function formalism. Results for an optimal transverse focus based on a quadratic variation of groove width are obtained. Meanwhile, a significant dependence of the focal length on the wavelength of light incident from the air side through the gold film into a dielectric substrate is found for this detector configuration.

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@article{arxiv.1212.5122,
  title  = {Nanogroove array on thin metallic film as planar lens with tunable focusing},
  author = {L. David Wellems and Danhong Huang and T. A. Leskova and A. A. Maradudin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.5122},
  year   = {2015}
}

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14 pages, 6 figures