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Holes with very acute angles: a new paradigm of extraordinary optical transmission through strongly localized modes
Sergio G Rodrigo1, O Mahboub, A Degiron
1Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón and Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, E-50009, Zaragoza, Spain. sergut@unizar.es
Abstract:
It is shown that submicrometer holes with very acute angles present extraordinary optical transmission peaks associated to strongly localized modes. The positions of these peaks are: (i) strongly redshifted with respect to the peak position that could be expected if the considered hole were in a film made of perfect electric conductor, (ii) independent on the angle of incidence for a large range of angles and (iii) strongly dependent on the direction of the incident electric field. In addition, it is demonstrated that these properties are linked to the mechanisms leading to the existence of channel-plasmon-polaritons.
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