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Opt Express. 2017 Apr 17;25(8):9502-9510. doi: 10.1364/OE.25.009502.

Switchable reflection/transmission utilizing polarization on a plasmonic structure consisting of self-assembly polystyrene spheres with silver patches.

Optics express

Rong-Yuan Zou, Jun-Xian Shi, Hong-Kai Dai, Hong-Feng Wang, Lin-Yong Qian, Xing-Hai Wang, Cai-Qin Han, Chang-Chun Yan

PMID: 28437912 DOI: 10.1364/OE.25.009502

Abstract

We report a plasmonic structure for switchable reflection and transmission by polarization. The structure is composed of a hexagonal-packed polystyrene sphere array with silver patches on them. Simulations and experiments demonstrated that the conversions between reflected beams and transmitted ones can be performed when the polarization directions of incident beams vary from 0° to 90°. A switchable reflection and transmission at a given wavelength can be obtained, as long as sizes of PS spheres and azimuthal angles are properly chosen. Such a patchy plasmonic structure serving as a switch between reflection and transmission have potential applications in photoelectric control devices.

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