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Polarization-independent split bull’s eye antennas for infrared nano-photodetectors

Split bull’s eye (SBE) antennas exhibit much larger extraordinary optical transmission and strong polarization dependence rather than bull’s eye (BE) antennas in the infrared range due to the introduced sub-wavelength slit. Here, we demonstrate a dual-split bull’s eye (DSBE) antenna, which consists...

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Autores principales: Yang, Meng, Ren, Fang-Fang, Pu, Lin, Xiao, Long, Sheng, Yun, Wang, Junzhuan, Lu, Hai, Zheng, Youdou, Shi, Yi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5171652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27991590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep39106
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Sumario:Split bull’s eye (SBE) antennas exhibit much larger extraordinary optical transmission and strong polarization dependence rather than bull’s eye (BE) antennas in the infrared range due to the introduced sub-wavelength slit. Here, we demonstrate a dual-split bull’s eye (DSBE) antenna, which consists of two sub-wavelength slits crossing through the center of the BE antenna with an intersection angle θ. The polarization dependence in transmission can be flexibly tailored by adjusting the intersection angle, following a cos(2) (Φ + θ/2) angular dependence on polarization angle Φ. When θ = 90°, the DSBE antenna yields high and polarization-independent transmission enhancement over the entire infrared spectrum. It presents highly promising applications for polarization-insensitive photodetectors and other optoelectronic devices.