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Colloidal Synthesis of Nanopatch Antennas for Applications in Plasmonics and Nanophotonics
Published on: May 28, 2016
Switchable reflection/transmission utilizing polarization on a plasmonic structure consisting of self-assembly
Abstract:
We report a plasmonic structure for switchable reflection and transmission by polarization. The structure is composed of a hexagonal-packed polystyrene sphere array with silver patches on them. Simulations and experiments demonstrated that the conversions between reflected beams and transmitted ones can be performed when the polarization directions of incident beams vary from 0° to 90°. A switchable reflection and transmission at a given wavelength can be obtained, as long as sizes of PS spheres and azimuthal angles are properly chosen. Such a patchy plasmonic structure serving as a switch between reflection and transmission have potential applications in photoelectric control devices.
