Study of disordered metallic groove arrays with a one-mode analytical model

Sub-wavelength metallic grooves behave as Fabry-Perot nanocavities able to resonantly enhance the absorption of light as well as the intensity of the electromagnetic field. Here, with a one-mode analytical model, we investigate the effect of a correlated disorder on 1D groove arrays i.e. , randomly...

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Published in:Optics express 2020-07, Vol.28 (15), p.22549-22561
Main Authors: Langevin, Denis, El Shamy, Eslam, Jaeck, Julien, Haïdar, Riad, Bouchon, Patrick
Format: Article
Language:English
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Engineering Sciences
Physics
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Summary:Sub-wavelength metallic grooves behave as Fabry-Perot nanocavities able to resonantly enhance the absorption of light as well as the intensity of the electromagnetic field. Here, with a one-mode analytical model, we investigate the effect of a correlated disorder on 1D groove arrays i.e. , randomly shaped and positioned grooves on a metallic layer. We show that a jitter-based disorder leads to a redistribution of energy compared to the periodic case. In an extreme case, a periodic diffracting array can be converted into a highly scattering array (98% at λ = 2.8 µm with a 1 µm full width at half maximum). Eventually, we show that the optical response of combinations of variously shaped grooves can be well described by the individual sub-set behaviors.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.396204