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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 24 — Nov. 19, 2012
  • pp: 26798–26805

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Strong polarization dependence in the optical transmission through a bull’s eye with an elliptical sub-wavelength aperture

Marzieh Pournoury, Hesam Edin Arabi, and Kyunghwan Oh  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 24, pp. 26798-26805 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.026798


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Abstract

Strong polarization dependence in the optical transmission through a bull’s eye with a central elliptical aperture in a thin Au film is analyzed numerically by finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. Focusing on the impacts of the structural anisotropy, detailed investigation of polarization dependent enhanced optical transmission (EOT) of light is discussed in terms of the resonance intensity variations caused by the incident light polarization and the geometrical parameters of bull’s eye. We found that the light polarized along the minor axis of the elliptic aperture has significantly larger EOT by more than three orders of magnitude than the other orthogonal polarization, which can be further utilized in polarized EOT devices.

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OCIS Codes
(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons
(050.6624) Diffraction and gratings : Subwavelength structures
(310.6628) Thin films : Subwavelength structures, nanostructures
(240.5440) Optics at surfaces : Polarization-selective devices

ToC Category:
Diffraction and Gratings

History
Original Manuscript: August 2, 2012
Revised Manuscript: September 14, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: September 17, 2012
Published: November 13, 2012

Citation
Marzieh Pournoury, Hesam Edin Arabi, and Kyunghwan Oh, "Strong polarization dependence in the optical transmission through a bull’s eye with an elliptical sub-wavelength aperture," Opt. Express 20, 26798-26805 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-24-26798


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