Wideband optical filters with small gap coupled subwavelength metal structures

Boyang Zhang, Junpeng Guo, Robert Lindquist, Stuart Yin

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Abstract

In this letter, we show that the bandwidth of optical band-stop filters made of subwavelength metal structures can be significantly increased by the strong plasmonic near-field coupling through the corners of the periodic metal squares. The effect of small gap coupling on the spectral bandwidth is investigated by varying the gap size between the metal squares. An equivalent transmission line model is used to fit the transmission and reflection spectra of the metal filters. The transmission line model can characterize well the metal structures with the gap size larger than the near-field decay length. However, it fails to model the transmission and reflection spectra when the gap size reaches the decay range of the near-field in the small gaps.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number2183584
Pages (from-to)419-421
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume24
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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