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Theoretical Study of Enhanced Plasmonic–Photonic Hybrid Cavity Modes in Reciprocal Plasmonic Metasurfaces

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A new configuration for metasurface construction is presented to exhibit potential multi-functionalities including perfect absorption, bio/chem sensing, and enhancement of light–matter interaction. The reciprocal plasmonic metasurfaces discussed here are composed of two plasmonic surfaces of reciprocal geometries separated by a dielectric spacer. Compared to conventional metasurfaces this simple geometry exhibits an enhanced optical performance due to the hybrid plasmonic–photonic cavity. The discussed reciprocal metasurface design further enables effective structural optimization and allows for a simple and scalable fabrication. The physical principle and potential applications of the reciprocal plasmonic metasurfaces are demonstrated using numerical and analytical approaches.

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The authors are grateful for support from the National Science Foundation (1624572) within the IUCRC Center for Metamaterials and through the NSF MRI 1828430, the Army Research Office (W911NF-14-1-0299) and the Department of Physics and Optical Science of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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  1. Department of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, 28223, NC, USA

    Yanzeng Li, Micheal McLamb, Serang Park, Glenn D. Boreman & Tino Hofmann

  2. USCONEC, 1138 25th Street Southeast, Hickory, 28602, NC, USA

    Darrell Childers

  3. Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping, 581 83, SE, Sweden

    Tino Hofmann

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Y.L. developed the theory and the numerical simulations and took the lead in writing the manuscript with support from M.M. and S.P.. D.C. provided the funding support and critical discussions. G.D.B. offered insightful feedback and helped shape the analysis and manuscript. T.H. contributed to the final version of the manuscript and supervised the research project.

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Li, Y., McLamb, M., Park, S. et al. Theoretical Study of Enhanced Plasmonic–Photonic Hybrid Cavity Modes in Reciprocal Plasmonic Metasurfaces. Plasmonics 16, 2241–2247 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-021-01456-z

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