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Enhanced Light Transmission through Subwavelength Holes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

José Dintinger ,
Aloyse Degiron  and
Thomas W. Ebbesen
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Abstract

The transmission of light through a hole was thought to be very weak when all of the lateral dimensions of the hole were much smaller than the wavelength of the light.The discovery of enhanced transmission has changed this view, raising fundamental questions and leading to many practical applications ranging from photonics to chemical sensing. A key feature of the transmission process is the activation of surface plasmons. In this article, we review the present understanding of this phenomenon and illustrate its potential through several examples of applications in different fields.

Keywords

apertureslight transmissionnanostructured metalsopticssubwavelength holessurface plasmons.
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Research Article
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MRS Bulletin , Volume 30 , Issue 5: Synthesis and Plasmonic Properties of Nanostructures , May 2005 , pp. 381 - 384
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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