Propagation characteristics of multilayered subwavelength gratings composed of metallic nanoparticles

Joaquim Júnior Isídio de Lima; Juarez Caetano da Silva; Vitaly Felix Rodriguez-Esquerre

doi:10.1117/12.2080333

16 March 2015 Propagation characteristics of multilayered subwavelength gratings composed of metallic nanoparticles

Joaquim Júnior Isídio de Lima, Juarez Caetano da Silva, Vitaly Felix Rodriguez-Esquerre

Proceedings Volume 9357, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXIII; 93570I (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2080333
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The absorption and reflection characteristics of multilayered nanoplasmonic gratings with sub wavelength sizes are analyzed in details by using an efficient finite element method. The multilayered structures are composed by several layers of nanoparticles of metals such as Silver, Gold and Aluminum embedded in dielectric such as amorphous silicon over a metallic substrate. The propagations characteristics for several geometrical configurations are obtained and a broadband reflection or absorption covering the near infrared wavelengths has been observed. The proposed nanoplasmonic structures have a great potential for applications in photovoltaic cells or polarizers by improving their reflection or absorption efficiency. Peaks of reflection or absorption larger than 80% were obtained and their performance over the near infrared can be improved by adequately tuning their geometrical parameters, the refractive index and thickness of the layers as well as the nanoparticles shape and size.

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Joaquim Júnior Isídio de Lima, Juarez Caetano da Silva, and Vitaly Felix Rodriguez-Esquerre "Propagation characteristics of multilayered subwavelength gratings composed of metallic nanoparticles", Proc. SPIE 9357, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXIII, 93570I (16 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2080333

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