Broadband cross-slots fractal nano-antenna and its extraordinary optical transmission characteristics

Abstract

To overcome the disadvantages of narrow frequency band and low transmittance for traditional nano-antenna, a nano-antenna structure based on cross-slots fractal was designed. The extraordinary optical transmission characteristics of the cross-slots fractal nano-antenna and the differences between the cross-slots fractal nano-antenna and the uniform cross-slots nano-antenna were analyzed by the finite difference time domain method. Meanwhile, the influence of physical parameters on the extraordinary optical transmission characteristics of the cross-slots fractal nano-antenna and the relationship of transmission spectrum of the nano-antenna between the fractal size and the non-fractal size were discussed. The results show that the fractal cross-slots structure is more miniaturized, and realizes extraordinary optical transmission and full 2π phase control of transmission beam, and the transmittance is higher than the uniform cross-slots structure, the full width at half maximum (FWHM) is wider, and the highest transmittance is up to 99.51%. By adjusting the physical parameters, the transmission spectrum exhibits red-shift or blue-shift characteristics, achieving controllability of the transmission spectrum. When h=50 nm, the full width at half maximum is about 356 nm, and the transmittance is still as high as 95.66%, which is generally higher than traditional structures, and the peak transmittance is still greater than 74% at large incident angles (70 degrees). In short, the cross-slots fractal nano-antenna has the characteristics of wide frequency, controllable and adjustable, and more miniaturized structure compared with other nano-antenna structures, and realizes extraordinary optical transmission.