Plasmonic Brewster transmission in photonic gratings and crystals

Khai Q. Le, Christos Argyropoulos, Andrea Alù

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Abstract

The concept of broadband extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) through metallic gratings at the plasmonic Brewster angle has recently been introduced. It is based on the ultrabroadband impedance matching between guided modes supported by ultranarrow slits in a one-dimensional (1D) metallic grating and an incident transverse magnetic (TM) wave. The overall mechanism results in total transmission through such a corrugated plasmonic screen. This concept was first demonstrated in 1D metallic gratings and it can also be extended to two-dimensional (2D) periodic metallic gratings made by either multiple rectangular or cylindrical rods. In this contribution, we review this concept and we demonstrate that this phenomenon can be applied to semiconductor gratings, whose materials have plasmonic properties at THz frequencies. This may open several opportunities to develop low-loss, broadband optical metamaterials for energy harvesting and concentrators.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMetamaterials VII
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
EventMetamaterials VII - Brussels, Belgium
Duration: Apr 16 2012Apr 19 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8423
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherMetamaterials VII
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBrussels
Period4/16/124/19/12

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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