Periodic Metallic Stepped Slits for Entire Transmission of Optical Wave and Efficient Transmission of Terahertz Wave

Abstract

Metallic structures with periodic array of slits are well-known to lead to extraordinary power transmission, when slits have dimensions much less than the wavelength of incident optical wave. Excellent power transmission originates from surface waves excited by incident transverse magnetic wave. Here we show that metallic structure with array of steppedslits can transmit power of incident wave into the substrate at desired optical frequency entirely and simultaneously in terahertz frequency band by 70%, for In0.53Ga0.47As substrate. Transmitted power of the proposed structure is studied both in a closed-form by an analytical model as well as numerically by finite element method. It is found that with the increase of field intensity in the substrate, structure with array of stepped-slits (as opposed to uniform-slits) favorably has no reduction of frequency range at maximum transmitted power.Index Terms-stepped-slits, transmitted power, periodic array, optical wave, terahertz wave.