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Semi-analytical method for light interaction with 1D-periodic nanoplasmonic structures.

Andrey Kobyakov¹, Aramais R Zakharian, Arash Mafi

¹Corning Incorporated, Science and Technology Division, One Science Center Drive, SP-TD-01-1, Corning, NY 14831, USA. KobyakovA@corning.com

|June 12, 2008

Summary

A new semi-analytical method (SAM) efficiently calculates electromagnetic fields in nanoplasmonic structures, outperforming FEM. It analyzes light transmission and Bloch surface plasmons, showing excellent agreement with other methods.

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Area of Science:

Computational electromagnetics
Plasmonics
Nanophotonics

Background:

Subwavelength-structured metal films are crucial for nanoplasmonic devices.
Efficiently calculating electromagnetic fields in these structures is computationally demanding.
Existing methods like FEM and FDTD can be time-consuming.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a computationally efficient semi-analytical method (SAM) for electromagnetic field calculations.
To analyze light transmission and the role of Bloch surface plasmons in nanoplasmonic structures.
To validate SAM's accuracy against established numerical methods.

Main Methods:

Development of a semi-analytical method (SAM) for 1D-periodic, subwavelength metal films.
Application of SAM to study resonant light transmission and Bloch surface plasmons.

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Comparison of SAM results with Finite-Element Method (FEM) and Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) methods.

Main Results:

SAM is approximately three orders of magnitude faster than FEM.
SAM accurately predicts electromagnetic field distribution and resonant transmission.
The method successfully analyzes the contribution of fundamental and higher-order Bloch surface plasmons.

Conclusions:

SAM provides a highly efficient and accurate alternative for analyzing nanoplasmonic structures.
The method facilitates the study of light-matter interactions in subwavelength periodic systems.
SAM is suitable for eigenvalue problems and mode analysis in such structures.