Colloquium: Light scattering by particle and hole arrays

By F. García de Abajo. 2007

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This Colloquium analyzes the interaction of light with two-dimensional periodic arrays of particles and holes. The enhanced optical transmission observed in the latter and the presence of surface modes in patterned metal surfaces is thoroughly discussed. A review of the most significant discoveries in this area is presented first. A simple tutorial model is then formulated to capture the essential physics involved in these phenomena, while allowing analytical derivations that provide deeper insight. Comparison with more elaborated calculations is offered as well. Finally, hole arrays in plasmon-supporting metals are compared to perforated perfect conductors, thus assessing the role of plasmons in these types of structures through analytical considerations. The developments that have been made in nanophotonics areas related to plasmons in nanostructures, extraordinary optical transmission in hole arrays, complete resonant absorption and emission of light, and invisibility in structured metals are illustrated in this Colloquium in a comprehensive, tutorial fashion.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering

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Optical Biosensors Based on Plasmonic Nanostructures: A Review (2016, background): “Apart from SPP–Bloch waves, this structure can support RA–SPPs which have common origins with SLRs excited on NP arrays [131], [144].”
Extraordinary Transmission Through Arrays of Electrically Small Holes From a Circuit Theory Perspective (2008, background): “to account for the effects of small holes [25].”
Colloquium: Unusual resonators: Plasmonics, metamaterials, and random media (2007, background): “…and reviews of these phenomena (see, e.g., (Bliokh and Bliokh, 2004; Eleftheriades and Balman, 2005; Freilikher and Gredeskul, 1992; Garcia de Abajo, 2007; Genet and Ebbesen, 2007; Lifshits et al., 1988; Maier, 2007; Ozbay, 2006; Shalaev, 2007; Sheng, 1990; Smith et al., 2004; Veselago and…”
Optical excitations in electron microscopy (2009, background): “(69) is fully justified for R λ, that is, in the limit that we have examined to derive the plasmon energy flux far away from the electron trajectory (Garćıa de Abajo, 2007).”