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3D coaxial out-of-plane metallic antennas for filtering and multi-spectral imaging in the infrared range

Title: 3D coaxial out-of-plane metallic antennas for filtering and multi-spectral imaging in the infrared range
Authors: Jacassi, A
Bozzola, A
Zilio, P
Tantussi, F
De Angelis, F
Item Type: Journal Article
Abstract: We fabricated and investigated a new configuration of 3D coaxial metallic antennas working in the infrared which combines the strong lateral light scattering of vertical plasmonic structures with the selective spectral transmission of 2D arrays of coaxial apertures. The coaxial structures are fabricated with a top-down method based on a template of hollow 3D antennas. Each antenna has a multilayer radial structure consisting of dielectric and metallic materials not achievable in a 2D configuration. A planar metallic layer is inserted normally to the antennas. The outer dielectric shell of the antenna defines a nanometric gap between the horizontal plane and the vertical walls. Thanks to this aperture, light can tunnel to the other side of the plane, and be transmitted to the far field in a set of resonances. These are investigated with finite-elements electromagnetic calculations and with Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy measurements. The spectral position of the resonances can be tuned by changing the lattice period and/or the antenna length. Thanks to the strong scattering provided by the 3D geometry, the transmission peaks possess a high signal-to-noise ratio even when the illuminated area is less than 2 × 2 times the operation wavelength. This opens new possibilities for multispectral imaging in the IR with wavelength-scale spatial resolution.
Issue Date: 27-Jun-2016
Date of Acceptance: 7-Jun-2016
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/65602
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep28738
ISSN: 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Journal / Book Title: Scientific Reports
Volume: 6
Copyright Statement: © 2016 The Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
PLASMONIC COLOR FILTERS
NANOSTRUCTURES
GENERATION
SENSOR
NANOANTENNAS
RESONANCE
CELLS
RAMAN
Publication Status: Published
Article Number: 28738
Online Publication Date: 2016-06-27
Appears in Collections:Physics
Experimental Solid State
Faculty of Natural Sciences