Properties Of Nanohole Arrays Research Articles

Optical Properties of Nanohole Arrays with Various Depths

Studies to imitate structural colors have been conducted with various methods, most of which are disadvantageous for mechanical stability and economic feasibility because of complexity or lack of reproducibility. Numerous alternatives to overcome these shortcomings have been proposed. One such method is the anodic oxidation of aluminum, which requires relatively simple equipment and techniques. The present study used the aluminum anodic oxidation process to fabricate nanohole arrays of various sizes. Furthermore, using the finding that the structure color is the most strongly influenced by the nanohole depth based on the Bragg`s Law, this study fabricated nanoholes of various depths to identify the structural colors arising from varied depths. This study further identified the colors from the same color series occurring periodically at each interval of 250 nm using the CIE 1931 color coordinate system. Moreover, nanohole arrays with two different depths were fabricated on a single substrate to confirm the coexistence of different colors and their capacity for deformation into various shapes.

Extraordinary Transmission Characteristics of Subwavelength Nanoholes with Rectangular Lattice

We investigate the extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) properties of nanohole arrays with a rectangular lattice for label-free refractive index sensing applications. We show that the deviation within the periodicities along the two axes at the nanohole plane leads to more advantageous spectral quality of EOT signal compared to the conventional square lattice geometries. We introduce a way to further improve the sensitivity of the aperture system by carefully choosing the periodicities. We introduce nanohole arrays with a rectangular lattice supporting EOT signals with larger figure-of-merit values as well as enabling much stronger light transmission. We also model a nanohole system covered with a thin dielectric layer, mimicking biomolecules captured on the gold surface, in order to show its biosensing capability. We also show that certain deviation amounts between periodicities create spectral splitting within the EOT signal leading to larger spectral shifts in the presence of a thin dielectric film.

Nanoholes with Defects Fabricated by Focused Ion Beam Milling

Subwavelength nanohole arrays have been thoroughly studied for years. However, investigations on nanoholes with defects are seldom reported. Here, we study the optical properties of nanohole arrays with different defects which are fabricated by focused ion beam lithography. Finite difference time domain simulations are also performed to verify the experimental results. Our approach may find extensive applications in sensing and optical waveguiding.