A Novel Theory for the Scattering of P-Polarized Hermite-Gaussian Electromagnetic Beams by a Double Metallic Nano-Slit

Abstract

We present a rigorous theory for oblique incident Hermite-Gaussian beams, diffracted by two optical nano-slits of width  and separation d, in a thick metallic screen for the case of polarization TM (P). The far field spectra as a function of several opto-geometrical parameters, wavelength λ, slit width , separation d, incidence angle θ୧ and Hermite order m is analyzed. In the vectorial diffraction region given when λ/ >0.2, where  is the incident wavelength and as a function of the separation between slits d; we have numerically analyzed: the far field spectra, the energy diffracted along the incident beam direction (E୧), and the validity of an approximate diffraction (scalar) property, namely E୧ = Nτ/λ