Influence of film thickness and nanograting period on color-filter behaviors of plasmonic metal Ag films

The effects of film thickness and nanograting period on color filter behaviors of the device, fabricated by sub-micrometers patterning on plasmonic silver thin films, have been studied. It is found that color filter properties strongly correlate with film thickness and nanograting period. Based on obtained results, the relationship of the wavelength of transmission minima with film thickness and nanograting period was derived. This equation can predict the transmission minima for a given thickness and period in one-dimensional Ag metallic film nanograting on glass substrate, which could guide to design color filter device with desirable wavelength.

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