Beam focusing from double subwavelength slits surrounded by Ag/SiO2/Ag tri-layer gratings

A silver(Ag)/SiO2/Ag tri-layer grating structure with double slits for beam focusing has been proposed. Compared with the metal/dielectric double-layer grating-based structure, the focusing efficiency of our proposed structure can be greatly enhanced. Numerical simulations using the finite-different time-domain (FDTD) method verify that the focal length and deflection angle can be controlled by adjusting the refractive indexes of dielectric mediums in the two slits.