High transmission efficiency for surface plasmon resonance by use of a dielectric grating

[en] The efficiency of the transmission of surface plasmon waves by use of a dielectric diffraction grating is discussed. The Kretschmann device allows us to obtain a surface plasmon resonance that consists of an absorption peak in the reflection spectrum. When surface plasmon resonance occurs, the TM-polarization mode of the incident electromagnetic wave is neither transmitted nor reflected. The procedure to transform an absorption peak into a transmission peak is described. Transmittivity of 68% is obtained for a simple structure that consists of a thin-film layer of Ag coated on a volume diffraction grating and embedded between two dielectric media. The results presented herein were obtained by numerical simulations that were carried out by use of an algorithm based on the rigorous coupled-wave theory.

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Service de Physique Générale, Hololab

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Electrical & electronics engineering
Physics

Author, co-author :

Lenaerts, Cedric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > HOLOLAB

Michel, Fabrice ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > HOLOLAB > Doct. sc. (physique - Bologne)

Tilkens, Bernard; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > HOLOLAB

Lion, Yves ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > HOLOLAB

Renotte, Yvon ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > HOLOLAB

Language :

English

Title :

High transmission efficiency for surface plasmon resonance by use of a dielectric grating

Publication date :

01 October 2005

Journal title :

Applied Optics

ISSN :

0003-6935

Publisher :

Optical Society of America, Washington, United States - District of Columbia

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Issue :

Pages :

6017-6022

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Funders :

FRIA - Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture

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