• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 4, Issue 5, 0173 (2016)
Ahmad A. Darweesh1, Stephen J. Bauman1, and Joseph B. Herzog1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Microelectronics-Photonics Graduate Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
  • 2Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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    DOI: 10.1364/prj.4.000173 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Ahmad A. Darweesh, Stephen J. Bauman, Joseph B. Herzog. Improved optical enhancement using double-width plasmonic gratings with nanogaps[J]. Photonics Research, 2016, 4(5): 0173 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Plasmonic grating structures have been shown effective at increasing near-field optical enhancement. A doublewidth plasmonic grating design is introduced, where each period has two alternating metal widths separated by a nanogap. With this new design, analysis has shown that plasmonic resonances couple between each metal section, resulting in even greater optical enhancement compared with single-width gratings. The geometry that gives the greatest optical enhancement has been determined with a computational model. This work demonstrates that the increased enhancement is due to hybridized modes that couple between the two grating segments.
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    Ahmad A. Darweesh, Stephen J. Bauman, Joseph B. Herzog. Improved optical enhancement using double-width plasmonic gratings with nanogaps[J]. Photonics Research, 2016, 4(5): 0173
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