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Ultrahigh light transmission through a C-shaped nanoaperture

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Abstract

Optical resolution beyond the diffraction limit can be achieved by use of a metallic nanoaperture in a near-field optical system. Conventional nanoapertures have very low power throughput. Using a numerical finite-difference time domain method, we discovered a unique C-shaped aperture that provides 3 orders of magnitude more power throughput than a conventional square aperture with a similar near-field spot size of 0.1λ Microwave experiments at 6 GHz quantitatively confirmed the simulated transmission enhancement. The high transmission of the C-aperture—or one of the related shapes—is linked to both a propagation mode in the aperture and local surface plasmons.

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