title: Optical cavity-assisted broadband optical transparency of a plasmonic metal film.
abstract: We theoretically present a powerful method to achieve a continuous metal film structure with broadband optical transparency via introducing a dielectric Fabry-Pérot (FP) cavity. An incident optical field could be efficiently coupled and confined with the strong localized plasmons by the non-close-packed plasmonic crystal at the input part and could then become re-radiated output via the transmission channel supported by the dielectric cavity. The formed photonic-plasmonic system could therefore make the seamless metal film structure have a superior near-unity transparency (up to 97%) response and a broadband transparent spectrum with bandwidth >245 nm (with transmittance >90%) in the optical regime. The observed optical properties of the proposed structure can be highly tuned via varying the structural parameters. Based on the colloidal assembly method, the proposed plasmonic crystal can be fabricated in a large area. In addition, the achieved optical transparency can be retained in the extremely roughed metal film structure. Thereby, the findings could offer a feasible way to achieve a broadband transparent metal film structure and hold potential applications in transparent electrodes, touch screens and interactive electronics.
authors: Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Sensors, College of Physics and Communication Electronics, Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic and Telecommunication, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, People's Republic of China.
authors: Zhengqi
authors: Z
authors: Liu
authors: Yiyou
authors: Y
authors: Nie
authors: Wen
authors: W
authors: Yuan
authors: Xiaoshan
authors: X
authors: Liu
authors: Shan
authors: S
authors: Huang
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Chen
authors: Huogui
authors: H
authors: Gao
authors: Gang
authors: G
authors: Gu
authors: Guiqiang
authors: G
authors: Liu