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Extraordinary Optical Transmission Property of X-Shaped Plasmonic Nanohole Arrays

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Optical transmission properties of periodic X-shaped plasmonic nanohole arrays in a silver film are investigated by performing the finite element method. Obvious peaks appear in the transmission spectra due to surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) on the top surface of the silver film, to the Fabry–Ferot resonance effect of SPPs in the nanohole, and to the localized surface plasmon resonance of the nanohole. Besides the topologic shape parameters of the X-shaped nanohole, transmission properties strongly depend on incident polarization. The results of this study not only present a tunable plasmonic filter, but also aid in the understanding of the mechanisms of the extraordinary optical transmission phenomenon.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Foundation of China (grant no. 11004160) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (grant no. GK201303007).

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    Yongkai Wang & Zhongyue Zhang

  2. School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China

    Yan Qin & Zhongyue Zhang

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Wang, Y., Qin, Y. & Zhang, Z. Extraordinary Optical Transmission Property of X-Shaped Plasmonic Nanohole Arrays. Plasmonics 9, 203–207 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-013-9613-z

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