Physics of Anomalous Transient Light Transmission Through Subwavelength Metallic Slit

Chen, Alexander Ewen; Hong, Jian; Chen, Kuan Ren

doi:10.1007/s11468-020-01354-w

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“…Transmission through a metal screen with subwavelength-sized holes, however, can be drastically increased. This is so-called extraordinary optical transmission [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ]. To understand the physics underlying this phenomenon, Porto et al [ 3 ] studied the transmission of two-dimensional gratings and found that the capability to control the free electrons on the metal surface was driven by the ability of the alternating incident electric field to collectively oscillate as surface plasmons.…”

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Funneling of Oblique Incident Light through Subwavelength Metallic Slits

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Light funneling determines how enhanced energy flows into subwavelength slits. In contrast to the previous research on oblique incident light, this study reveals that light funneling in the slits can be highly asymmetric, even at small angles. This mechanism is explained by polarized fields and charges, which are induced using Poynting vectors. It is shown that when light is obliquely incident to the slits perforated in a perfect electric conductor, asymmetrical fields and charges accumulate at the upper apex corners of the left (right) sides. When light is incident from the left (right) side, more (less) induced fields and charges accumulate in the left (right) slit corner so that the funneling width, area, and energy flow at the left (right) side increases (decreases).

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