Light in tiny holes

C. Genet and T. W. Ebbesen ()
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C. Genet: ISIS, Université Louis Pasteur and CNRS (UMR7006)
T. W. Ebbesen: ISIS, Université Louis Pasteur and CNRS (UMR7006)

Nature, 2007, vol. 445, issue 7123, 39-46

Abstract: Joining the optical dots Experiments using an opaque screen with tiny holes in it were a mainstay of early work on the physics of light. 'Tiny holes' later fell out of favour, but in recent years the use of subwavelength holes in metal films has become important in optics research. These films have unique optical properties due to the involvement of electronic surface waves, which can concentrate light in the hole and lead to high transmission. As their properties can be tailored at will by nanofabrication, tiny holes are finding applications in fields such as optoelectronics, chemical sensing and biophysics.

Date: 2007
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