Title :
High transmission through subwavelength cylindrical hole arrays in polaritonic thin films
Author :
Catrysse, Peter B. ; Fan, Shanhui
Author_Institution :
Edward L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
Abstract :
We report high transmission through SiC films when a two-dimensional periodic arrangement of subwavelength cylindrical holes is made. We attribute the near-perfect transmission peak inside the polariton gap of SiC to propagating waveguide modes.
Keywords :
infrared spectra; optical waveguides; polaritons; semiconductor thin films; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; SiC; SiC films; cylindrical hole arrays; optical transmission; polariton gap; polaritonic thin films; propagating waveguide modes; subwavelength cylindrical holes; two-dimensional periodic arrangement; Dielectric loss measurement; Electromagnetic propagation; Frequency; Optical films; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Phonons; Resonance; Silicon carbide; Transistors; 050.0050; 050.1220; 240.5420; 240.6680; 240.6690;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628918
