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Extraordinary optical transmission through subwavelength holes in a polaritonic silicon dioxide film

Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 181921 (2007); doi:10.1063/1.2736267

Published 3 May 2007

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Dye-Zone A. Chen
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Rafif Hamam, Marin Soljačić, and John D. Joannopoulos
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Gang Chen
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
The authors present experimental data showing that extraordinary optical transmission occurs through subwavelength holes etched in an amorphous silicon dioxide film. The discrete frequency ranges of the enhanced transmission suggest the involvement of surface phonon-polaritons in mediating the transmission in a manner analogous to surface plasmons on metal films. Finite-difference time-domain simulations also predict the enhancement and correlate well with the experimental data. Both experimental and theoretical results show a fivefold increase in transmission through a perforated film versus a solid film. ©2007 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 12 October 2006; accepted 9 April 2007; published 3 May 2007
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 78.66.Nk
    Optical properties of insulators (thin films)
  • 71.36.+c
    Polaritons including photon–phonon and photon–magnon interactions
  • 77.55.+f
    Dielectric thin films
  • YEAR: 2007

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