Title :
Resonantly enhanced optical transmission through a single subwavelength aperture using nanostructured dielectrics
Author :
Nahata, Ajay ; Stanishevsky, Andrei ; Linke, Richard A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Utah Univ., Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate that by using periodically nanostructured dielectric features fabricated around a single sub-wavelength aperture, the optical transmission can be enhanced at wavelengths related to the periodicity.
Keywords :
dielectric thin films; infrared spectra; metallic thin films; nanostructured materials; optical films; periodic structures; visible spectra; metal films; nanostructured dielectrics; optical transmission; periodicity; resonantly enhanced transmission; single subwavelength aperture; Apertures; Dielectrics; Optical films; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Resonance; Silicon; Silver;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363085
