Focusing of light by a nanohole array

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Huang, Fu Min [1 ]
Zheludev, Nikolay
Chen, Yifang
Javier Garcia de Abajo, F.
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[1] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[2] Rutherford Appleton Lab, Cent Microstruct Facil, Didcot OX11 OQX, Oxon, England
[3] CSIC, Inst Opt, Madrid 28006, Spain
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英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
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10.1063/1.2710775
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The authors demonstrate a mechanism for focusing at optical frequencies based on the use of nanohole quasiperiodic arrays in metal screens. Using coherent illumination at 660 nm and scanning aperture optical microscopy, similar to 290 nm "hot spots" were observed at a distance of similar to 12.5 mu m from the array. Even smaller hot spots of about similar to 200 nm in waist were observed closer to the plane of the array.(c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.
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