Polarization-selective optical transmission through a plasmonic metasurface

Abstract

We present the design, fabrication, and experimental characterization of a nanoslit-based metasurface that offers polarization-selective optical transmission for advanced imaging applications. The metasurface consists of an array of meta-atoms, constructed with two orthogonally coupled subwavelength apertures. Highly enhanced optical transmission was achieved by selective excitation of surface plasmon waves on the metasurface. By rotating the orientation of the linearly polarized incident beam, switching of enhanced optical transmission bands through the metasurface was experimentally demonstrated. This demonstration is a significant step towards developing advanced multispectral imaging devices.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jun 22, 2015
Source ID
10.1063/1.4922993

Entities

People

  • Charles Pelzman
  • Sang-Yeon Cho

Organizations

  • Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
  • New Mexico State University
  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
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