Optical range microcavities and filters using multiple dielectric layers in metal-insulator-metal structures

J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2007 Jan;24(1):221-4. doi: 10.1364/josaa.24.000221.

Abstract

We present a technique to adjust omnidirectional resonances in planar metallic microcavity structures. It is demonstrated numerically with realistic material parameters that by changing the thickness of different dielectric layers in metal-dielectric-metal structures, the omnidirectional resonance can be chosen to lie at an arbitrary frequency in the optical range. These ideas can also be applied to design a high-pass filter in the optical frequency range.