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Tunneling mechanism of light transmission through metallic films

Publicated to:PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 95 (6): 067403- - 2005-08-05 95(6), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.067403

Authors: García De Abajo FJ; Gómez-Santos G; Blanco LA; Borisov AG; Shabanov SV

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Abstract

A mechanism of light transmission through metallic films is proposed, assisted by tunneling between resonating buried dielectric inclusions. This is illustrated by arrays of Si spheres embedded in Ag. Strong transmission peaks are observed near the Mie resonances of the spheres. The interaction among various planes of spheres and interference effects between these resonances and the surface plasmons of Ag lead to mixing and splitting of the resonances. Transmission is proved to be limited only by absorption. For small spheres, the effective dielectric constant of the resulting material can be tuned to values close to unity, and a method is proposed to turn the resulting materials invisible. © 2005 The American Physical Society.

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Astronomia / físicaBiotecnologíaCiência da computaçãoCiências agrárias iCiências biológicas iiEconomiaEngenharias iiEngenharias iiiEngenharias ivEnsinoFarmaciaFilosofíaGeneral medicineGeneral physics and astronomyGeociênciasInterdisciplinarMatemática / probabilidade e estatísticaMateriaisMedicina iiPhysicsPhysics and astronomy (all)Physics and astronomy (miscellaneous)Physics, multidisciplinaryQuímica

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2005, it was in position 4/69, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Physics, Multidisciplinary.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 10.47, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-06, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 86
  • Scopus: 110
  • Europe PMC: 12
  • OpenCitations: 104

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-06:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 84.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 84 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: France; United States of America.