Control of the diffracted response of a metallic wire array with double period: experimental demonstration

In recent papers, it has been theoretically shown that by using dual-period wire gratings, it is possible to control the relative efficiencies of the diffracted orders, regardless of the wires` material, incident polarization and wavelength. In this Letter, we experimentally demonstrate, for the fir...

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Autores: Skigin, Diana Carina, Fowlkes, Jason, Roberts, Nick, Lester, Marcelo Fabian, Schinca, Daniel Carlos, Scaffardi, Lucia Beatriz
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2014
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositório:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/4678
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/4678
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Dual-Period Structures
Diffraction Gratings
Nanofabrication
Subwavelength Structures
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Resumo:In recent papers, it has been theoretically shown that by using dual-period wire gratings, it is possible to control the relative efficiencies of the diffracted orders, regardless of the wires` material, incident polarization and wavelength. In this Letter, we experimentally demonstrate, for the first time, that by appropriately choosing the geometrical parameters of a nanometric periodic structure, it is possible to control the optical response in the visible range. We show examples of nanostructures designed to cancel out or to intensify a particular diffraction order. Such nanostructures allow a broad control over the directionality and the intensity of the diffracted light, which makes them useful for applications such as highly directional optical nanoantennas and photonic multiplexers.