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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 23, Issue 17, Pages 22564-22571Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.022564
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- 973 Program of China [2009CB930502, 2013CB632704, 2013CB922404]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91323304, 61475186, 11434017]
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Efficient confining of photons into subwavelength scale is of great importance in both fundamental researches and engineering applications, of which one major challenge lies in the lack of effective and reliable on-chip nanofabrication techniques. Here we demonstrate the efficient subwavelength light focusing with carefully engineered pyramidal structures fabricated by direct laser writing and surface metallization. The important effects of the geometry and symmetry are investigated. Apertures with various sizes are flexibly introduced at the apex of the pyramids, the focusing spot size and center-to-sidelobe ratio of which could be improved a factor of similar to 4 and similar to 3, respectively, compared with the conical counterparts of identical size. Moreover, two pairs of asymmetric through-nanogratings are conceptually introduced onto the top end of the pyramids, showing significantly improved focusing characteristics. The studies provide a novel methodology for the design and realization of 3D plasmonic focusing with low-noise background and high energy transfer. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America
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