Aluminum Cayley trees as scalable, broadband, multi-resonant optical antennas
| Autor: | Simon, Thomas, Li, Xiaoyan, Martin, Jérôme, Khlopin, Dmitry, Stéphan, Odile, Kociak, Mathieu, Gérard, Davy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | PNAS 119, 4, e2116833119 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.2116833119 |
| Popis: | An optical antenna can convert a propagative optical radiation into a localized excitation, and reciprocally. Although optical antennas can be readily created using resonant nanoparticles (metallic or dielectric) as elementary building blocks, the realization of antennas sustaining multiple resonances over a broad range of frequencies remains a challenging task. Here, we use aluminum self-similar, fractal-like structures as broadband optical antennas. Using electron energy loss spectroscopy, we experimentally evidence that a single aluminum Cayley tree, a simple self-similar structure, sustains multiple plasmonic resonances. The spectral position of these resonances is scalable over a broad spectral range spanning two decades, from ultraviolet to mid-infrared. Such multi-resonant structures are highly desirable for applications ranging from non-linear optics to light harvesting and photodetection, as well as surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy. Comment: Authors' version of the published paper. Supplementary information can be found at https://www.pnas.org/doi/suppl/10.1073/pnas.2116833119 |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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