Multiple directional beaming effect of metallic subwavelength slit surrounded by periodically corrugated grooves

doi:10.1364/OE.16.004487

Multiple directional beaming effect of metallic subwavelength slit surrounded by periodically corrugated grooves

Yugang Liu, Haofei Shi, Changtao Wang, Chunlei Du, and Xiangang Luo »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 7, pp. 4487-4493 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.004487

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Abstract

It is demonstrated that multiple directional beaming effect can be realized by a metallic subwavelength slit surrounded by finite number of grooves based on mode expansion method. Each of the directional beaming is formed by superimposing two diffraction orders of spoof surface plasmon excited on the two corrugated sides of the slit. This delivers high contrast and considerably uniform energy distribution for the beaming directions.

OCIS Codes
(230.7380) Optical devices : Waveguides, channeled
(240.0310) Optics at surfaces : Thin films
(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons

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Optics at Surfaces

History
Original Manuscript: February 4, 2008
Revised Manuscript: March 13, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: March 13, 2008
Published: March 18, 2008

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Yugang Liu, Haofei Shi, Changtao Wang, Chunlei Du, and Xiangang Luo, "Multiple directional beaming effect of metallic subwavelength slit surrounded by periodically corrugated grooves," Opt. Express 16, 4487-4493 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-7-4487

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References

H. J. Lezec, A. Degiron, E. Devaux, R. A. Linke, L. Martín-Moreno, F. J. García-Vidal, and T. W. Ebbesen, "Beaming light from a subwavelength aperture," Science 297, 820 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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C. Wang, C. Du, and X. Luo, "Refining the model of light diffraction from a subwavelength slit surrounded by grooves on a metallic film," Phys. Rev. B 74, 245403 (2006). [CrossRef]
C. Wang, C. Du, Y. Lv, and X. Luo, "Surface electromagnetic wave excitation and diffraction by subwavelength slit with periodically patterned metallic grooves," Opt. Express 14, 5671 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
F. J. García-Vidal, L. Martín-Moreno, H. J. Lezec, and T. W. Ebbesen, "Focusing light with a single subwavelength aperture flanked by surface corrugations," Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 4500 (2003). [CrossRef]
H. Shi, C. Du, and X. Luo, "Focal length modulation based on a metallic slit surrounded with grooves in curved depths," Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 093111 (2007). [CrossRef]
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O. T. A. Janssen, H. P. Urbach, and G. W. Hooft, "Giant optical transmission of a subwavelength slit optimized using the magnetic field phase," Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 043902 (2007) [CrossRef] [PubMed]
L.-B. Yu, D.-Z. Lin, Y.-C. Chen, Y.-C. Chang, K.-T. Huang, J.-W. Liaw, J.-T. Yeh, J.-M. Liu, C.-S. Yeh, and C.-K. Lee, "Physical origin of directional beaming emitted from a subwavelength slit," Phys. Rev. B 71, 041405 (2005). [CrossRef]
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Barnes, W. L.
Chang, Y.-C.
Chen, Y.-C.
Degiron, A.
Dereux, A.
Devaux, E.
Du, C.
Ebbesen, T. W.
García-Vidal, F. J.
Hibbins, A. P.
Hooft, G. W.
Huang, C.
Huang, K.-T.
Janssen, O. T. A.
Lee, C.-K.
Lezec, H. J.
Liaw, J.-W.
Lin, D.-Z.
Linke, R. A.
Liu, J.-M.
Lockyear, M. J.
Luo, X.
Lv, Y.
Martín-Moreno, L.
Pendry, J. B.
Shi, H.
Urbach, H. P.
Wang, C.
Yeh, C.-S.
Yeh, J.-T.
Yu, L.-B.

Appl. Phys. Lett.

M. J. Lockyear, A. P. Hibbins, J. Roy Sambles and C. R. Lawrence, "Surface-topography-induced enhanced transmission and directivity of microwave radiation through a subwavelength circular metal aperture." Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 2040 (2004). [CrossRef]
F. J. García-Vidal, L. Martín-Moreno, H. J. Lezec, and T. W. Ebbesen, "Focusing light with a single subwavelength aperture flanked by surface corrugations," Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 4500 (2003). [CrossRef]
H. Shi, C. Du, and X. Luo, "Focal length modulation based on a metallic slit surrounded with grooves in curved depths," Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 093111 (2007). [CrossRef]
C. Huang, C. Du, and X. Luo, "A waveguide slit array antenna fabricated with subwavelength periodic grooves," Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 143512 (2007). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. A

F. J. García-Vidal, L. Martín-Moreno, and J. B. Pendry, "Surface with holes in them: new plasmatic metamaterials," J. Opt. A 7, S91 (2005).

Opt. Express

C. Wang, C. Du, Y. Lv, and X. Luo, "Surface electromagnetic wave excitation and diffraction by subwavelength slit with periodically patterned metallic grooves," Opt. Express 14, 5671 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. B

L.-B. Yu, D.-Z. Lin, Y.-C. Chen, Y.-C. Chang, K.-T. Huang, J.-W. Liaw, J.-T. Yeh, J.-M. Liu, C.-S. Yeh, and C.-K. Lee, "Physical origin of directional beaming emitted from a subwavelength slit," Phys. Rev. B 71, 041405 (2005). [CrossRef]
C. Wang, C. Du, and X. Luo, "Refining the model of light diffraction from a subwavelength slit surrounded by grooves on a metallic film," Phys. Rev. B 74, 245403 (2006). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

L. Martín-Moreno, F. J. García-Vidal, H. J. Lezec, A. Degiron, and T. W. Ebbesen, "Theory of highly directional emission from a single subwavelength aperture surrounded by surface corrugations," Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 167401 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
F. J. García-Vidal, H. J. Lezec, T. W. Ebbesen, and L. Martín-Moreno, "Multiple paths to enhance optical transmission through a single subwavelength slit," Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 213901 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
O. T. A. Janssen, H. P. Urbach, and G. W. Hooft, "Giant optical transmission of a subwavelength slit optimized using the magnetic field phase," Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 043902 (2007) [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Science

H. J. Lezec, A. Degiron, E. Devaux, R. A. Linke, L. Martín-Moreno, F. J. García-Vidal, and T. W. Ebbesen, "Beaming light from a subwavelength aperture," Science 297, 820 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
W. L. Barnes, A. Dereux, and T. W. Ebbesen, "Surface plasmon subwavelength optics," Science 424, 824 (2003).

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