Wavefront shaping of infrared light through a subwavelength hole

Yu-Hui Chen; Lu Huang; Lin Gan; Zhi-Yuan Li

doi:10.1038/lsa.2012.26

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Wavefront shaping of infrared light through a subwavelength hole

Original Article

- Wavefront shaping of infrared light through a subwavelength hole
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 1, Issue 1, (2012)
- Affiliations：
  
  Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Author bio：
  
  Professor ZY Li, Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China E-mail: lizy@aphy.iphy.ac.cn
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2012.26
  CLC：
- Published：2012-03，
  
  Published Online：17 August 2012，
  
  Received：29 March 2012，
  
  Revised：25 May 2012，
  
  Accepted：04 June 2012
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Chen, Y. H. et al. Wavefront shaping of infrared light through a subwavelength hole. Light: Science & Applications, 1, e26 (2012).
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Chen, Y. H. et al. Wavefront shaping of infrared light through a subwavelength hole. Light: Science & Applications, 1, e26 (2012). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2012.26.

摘要

Abstract

Light passing through a subwavelength hole in an opaque plate is a fundamental concern in both optical science and applications. Using both simulations and experiments

we show that

when a subwavelength hole in a silver thin

film is surrounded by well-designed patterns of grooves

the wavefront of the infrared light through it can be shaped into a preset complicated pattern such as a Latin letter 'L' or 'O' at a given position instead of being diffracted in all directions. The design is created

via

the surface-wave-holography method

which allows direct determination of the surface plasmonic structure for a given wavefront-engineering functionality without the need to solve complex inverse problems. The results will deepen current understanding of this enduring issue and will find applications in many fields such as wave manipulation and sensing.

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Keywords

plasmonicssurface wave holographysubwavelength holewavefront shaping

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