Abstract
An infrared multi-spectral filter based on surface plasmon polaritons is proposed in this study. It is used to achieve optical filtering in the long-wave infrared range of 8–14 μm. After coupling with the plasma polaritons excited on the surface of Au film, the incident light propagates through periodic sub-wavelength through-holes. We analyzed the transmission characteristics of the filter with periodic sub-wavelength through-holes and its local field distribution using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD), and carried out the tolerance analysis to demonstrate the possibility of large-scale and low-cost processing. The simulation results indicated that our proposed filter attained four spectral channels in the spectral range of 8–14 μm with peak energy transmittance up to about 60%, and wide tolerances as well as polarization-insensitive characteristics. Our proposed long-wave infrared filters can provide efficient and low-cost solutions for lightweight multi-spectral devices and all-weather detection.
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