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Nearly-zero transmission through periodically modulated ultrathin metal films

Optics 2010-08-23 v2

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.

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@article{arxiv.1006.3041,
  title  = {Nearly-zero transmission through periodically modulated ultrathin metal films},
  author = {Sanshui Xiao and Jingjing Zhang and Liang Peng and Claus Jeppesen and Radu Malureanu and Anders Kristensen and Niels Asger Mortensen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.3041},
  year   = {2010}
}

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accepted by APL