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Multispectral Broadband Light Transparency of a Seamless Metal Film Coated with Plasmonic Crystals

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Broadband light transparency of metallic structures has long been pursued due to the potential applications in the optoelectronic communications, flat panel displays, and clean solar energy. Considerable efforts have been made on the multiband electromagnetic wave transparency of plasmonic metamolecules. However, far less work has been focused on the multispectral light transparency of a seamless metal film. Here, we for the first time propose a seamless metal film structure coated by double conventional plasmonic crystals and demonstrate the observed multispectral broadband light transparency behavior. A maximum transmittance larger than 92 % is achieved. The average transmittance of the whole spectral range from 550 to 1,100 nm is exceeding 45.8 %, suggesting the achievement of an ultra-broadband semi-transparent window. Particularly, the transparency features are highly scalable by tuning the structural parameters. Plasmonic resonances and the metallic particle–film plasmonic interactions are responsible for the observed optical transparency properties. These findings and merits make the proposed structure a good candidate for numerous potential applications, including the optoelectronic components, transparent displayers, and light harvesting.

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Abbreviations

SPs:

Surface plasmons

PCs:

Plasmonic crystals

FDTD:

Finite-difference time-domain

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.11004088, 11264017 and 11304159), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (No. 20122BAB202006), Scientific and Technological Support Project of Jiangxi Province (No.20112BBE50033), and Scientific and Technological Projects of Jiangxi Provincial Education Department (No. GJJ13234).

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    Zheng-qi Liu, Gui-qiang Liu, Xiao-shan Liu & Gang Gu

  2. Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA

    Hai-qing Zhou

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Liu, Zq., Liu, Gq., Liu, Xs. et al. Multispectral Broadband Light Transparency of a Seamless Metal Film Coated with Plasmonic Crystals. Plasmonics 9, 615–622 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-014-9672-9

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