Characterization of complementary patterned metallic membranes produced simultaneously by a dual fabrication process

Qingzhen Hao, Yong Zeng, Xiande Wang, Yanhui Zhao, Bei Wang, I. Kao Chiang, Douglas H. Werner, Vincent Crespi, Tony Jun Huang

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Abstract

An efficient technique is developed to fabricate optically thin metallic films with subwavelength patterns and their complements simultaneously. By comparing the spectra of the complementary films, we show that Babinet's principle nearly holds for these structures in the optical domain. Rigorous full-wave simulations are employed to verify the experimental observations. It is further demonstrated that a discrete-dipole approximation can qualitatively describe the spectral dependence of the metallic membranes on the geometry of the constituent particles as well as the illuminating polarization.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number193101
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume97
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 8 2010

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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