Funnel-Shaped Arrays of Metal Nano-Cylinders for Nano-Focusing
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Abstract
We analyse funnel-shaped arrays of metal nanocylinders that can be potentially used as waveguides for nano-focusing of light. The proposed structures consist of Ag nanocylinders with gradually changed radii and discrete spacing arranged like side-view funnels with different angles. Finite-difference and time-domain simulations demonstrate that the proposed structures with different spacings and funnel angles have versatile light propagation characteristics. These structures can focus the incident Gaussian light beam (200nm at its full width at half maximum) into beam sizes of 10nm, 15nm, and 20nm, respectively, which corresponds to the transmission efficiencies of 38%, 40%, and 80%. -
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