Surface plasmons (SPs) are electromagnetic surface waves that propagate at the interface
between a conductor and a dielectric. Due to their unique ability to concentrate light on two …

Terahertz science and technology promise many cutting-edge applications. Terahertz
surface plasmonic waves that propagate at metal–dielectric interfaces deliver a potentially …

This review provides a perspective on the recent developments in the transmission of light
through subwavelength apertures in metal films. The main focus is on the phenomenon of …

The presence of tiny holes in an opaque metal film, with sizes smaller than the wavelength
of incident light, leads to a wide variety of unexpected optical properties such as strongly …

This Colloquium analyzes the interaction of light with two-dimensional periodic arrays of
particles and holes. The enhanced optical transmission observed in the latter and the …

The phenomenon of extraordinary light transmission through metallic films perforated by
nanohole arrays at optical frequencies was first observed a decade ago and initiated …

Transmission enhancements of order 1000 have been reported for subwavelength hole
arrays in metal films and attributed to surface plasmon (SP) resonance. We show that the …

We show that a single rectangular hole in a metallic film exhibits transmission resonances
that appear near the cutoff wavelength of the hole waveguide. For light polarized with the …

The coupling between light and collective oscillations of free carriers at metallic surfaces
and nanostructures is at the origin of one of the main fields of nanophotonics: plasmonics …

After reviewing the present understanding of the transmission properties of single apertures
and the enhanced transmission through hole arrays, experimental results are presented …