Abstract

Lamellar gratings are investigated via temporal coupled-mode theory and numerical simulations. Total absorption can be achieved by an optimized grating with shallow grooves under normal incidence and the full width at half-maximum (FWHM) is only 0.4 nm. For certain wavelengths, the structure shows high absorption only within an ultra-narrow angle, which suggests that it can be used as a highly directional thermal emitter according to Kirchhoff’s law. Besides, the resonant wavelength is sensitive to the refractive index of the environmental dielectric. The large sensitivity ($1400\mathrm{nm}/\mathrm{RIU}$) and simultaneous small FWHM result in a huge figure-of-merit of $2300/\mathrm{RIU}$, which enables the structure to have great potential in plasmonic sensing.

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