title: Effect of surface plasmon cross-talk on optical properties of closely packed nano-hole arrays.
abstract: The integration and miniaturization of nanostructure-based optical devices based on interaction with surface plasmons requires the fabrication of patterns of multiple nanostructures with tight spacing. The effect of surface plasmon energy interchange (cross-talk) across large grids of nanostructures and its effect on the optical characteristics of individual nanostructures have not been investigated. In this paper, we experimentally fabricated a large grid of individual nano-hole arrays of various hole diameter, hole spacing, and inter-array spacing. The spectral optical transmission of each nano-hole array was measured and the effect of inter-array spacing on the transmission spectra and resonance wavelength was determined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Fartash
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vasefi
authors.forename: Mohamadreza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Najiminaini
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaminska
authors.forename: Jeffrey J L
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Carson
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055096:Optical Devices; D016062:Porosity; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*