Extraordinary optical transmission through a rectangular hole filled with extreme uniaxial metamaterials

Opt Lett. 2017 Jun 15;42(12):2386-2389. doi: 10.1364/OL.42.002386.

Abstract

This Letter presents a theory of extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) through a rectangular hole filled with the extreme uniaxial metamaterials with infinite longitudinal components of permittivity (ϵz) and permeability (μz). We demonstrate theoretically and numerically that a number of high-order transverse electromagnetic (TEM) modes can be supported by such a structure, and that, more interestingly, their normalized transmittance can be remarkably enhanced due to the Fabry-Perot resonance effect. A set of illustrative examples has been provided to demonstrate that such an EOT property could be explored for the purpose of subwavelength-resolution imaging.