• 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.
    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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