Multispectral Narrowband Frustrated Total Internal Reflection Filter with Inclusions of Plasmonic Nanoparticles

Abstract

A spatial-frequency thin-film filter with inclusions of nanoparticles operating in the visible range of the spectrum is investigated. The effect of nanoparticles embedded in the central and lateral layers of the frustrated total internal reflection filter on the spectral characteristics, considering the frequency dispersion, is investigated. It is shown that plasmonic effects cause the splitting of the filter bandwidth into a set of narrow-band spectral lines and the angular splitting of the incident beam into a set of output beams. It is demonstrated that due to the difference in the resonance conditions for s- and p-polarization waves, the spectral lines of transparency do not coincide, which indicates the possibility of using the filter as a polarizer.

Keywords

• frustrated total internal reflection filter
• plasmonic nanoparticles
• frequency dispersion
• bandwidth splitting
• resonant transmission
• resonant diffraction