Extraordinary optical transmission in nanopatterned ultrathin metal films without holes

Peer, Akshit; Biswas, Rana

doi:10.1039/c5nr07903a

Extraordinary optical transmission in nanopatterned ultrathin metal films without holes

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Nanoscale

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr07903a· OSTI ID:1239840

Peer, Akshit ^[1]; Biswas, Rana ^[1]

Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)

In this study, we experimentally and theoretically demonstrate that a continuous gold film on a periodically textured substrate exhibits extraordinary optical transmission, even though no holes were etched in the film. Our film synthesis started by nanoimprinting a periodic array of nanocups with a period of ~750 nm on a polystyrene film over a glass substrate. A thin non-conformal gold film was sputter-deposited on the polystyrene by angle-directed deposition. The gold film was continuous with spatial thickness variation, the film being thinnest at the bottom of the nanocup. Measurements revealed an extraordinary transmission peak at a wavelength just smaller than the period, with an enhancement of ~2.5 compared to the classically expected value. Scattering matrix simulations model well the transmission and reflectance measurements when an ultrathin gold layer (~5 nm), smaller than the skin depth is retained at the bottom of the nanocups. Electric field intensities are enhanced by >100 within the nanocup, and ~40 in the ultrathin gold layer causing transmission through it. We show a wavelength red-shift of ~30 nm in the extraordinary transmission peak when the nanocups are coated with a thin film of a few nanometers, which can be utilized for biosensing. The continuous corrugated metal films are far simpler structures to observe extraordinary transmission, circumventing the difficult process of etching the metal film. Such continuous metal films with ultrathin regions are simple platforms for non-linear optics, plasmonics, and biological and chemical sensing.

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Research Organization:: Ames Lab. (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1239840

Report Number(s):: IS-J--8934

Journal Information:: Nanoscale, Journal Name: Nanoscale Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 8; ISSN NANOHL; ISSN 2040-3364

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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