Full transmission through perfect-conductor subwavelength hole arrays

Light transmission through 2D subwavelength hole arrays in perfect-conductor films is shown to be complete (100%) at some resonant wavelengths even for arbitrarily narrow holes. Conversely, the reflection on a 2D planar array of nonabsorbing scatterers is shown to be complete at some wavelengths reg...

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Autores: García de Abajo, Francisco Javier, Gómez-Medina, R., Sáenz, J. J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/224800
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/224800
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:Light transmission through 2D subwavelength hole arrays in perfect-conductor films is shown to be complete (100%) at some resonant wavelengths even for arbitrarily narrow holes. Conversely, the reflection on a 2D planar array of nonabsorbing scatterers is shown to be complete at some wavelengths regardless how small the scatterers are. These results are proven analytically and corroborated by rigorous numerical solution of Maxwell’s equations. This work supports the central role played by dynamical diffraction during light transmission through subwavelength hole arrays and it provides a systematics to analyze more complex geometries and many of the features observed in connection with transmission through hole arrays.