Interferometric control of the absorption in optical patch antennas

Abstract Optical patch nano-antennas possess unique absorption, field enhancement and concentration capabilities – but their crosssection, as well as their response outside of normal incidence are not well understood. Here we explain the large cross-section by considering that each patch nanoantenna...

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Autores principales: Caroline Lemaître, Emmanuel Centeno, Antoine Moreau
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/2d62cdeb2bcd4946a9860d37c454b269
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Sumario:Abstract Optical patch nano-antennas possess unique absorption, field enhancement and concentration capabilities – but their crosssection, as well as their response outside of normal incidence are not well understood. Here we explain the large cross-section by considering that each patch nanoantenna is a cavity excited from both sides. Such a simple physical picture allows to fully understand the influence of the angle of incidence – that odd resonances have a very high absorption cross-section which decreases when the incidence angle increases, while even resonances cannot be excited in normal incidence. A direct application would be to use these structures as an optical nanometric set-square.