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Artificial manipulation of light is significant for the material science and technology. In this work, noticeably enhanced light absorption with absorption above 99% has been demonstrated in a deep-subwavelength meta-surface structure. Dipolar plasmon resonance and near-field coupling of the plasmons between the adjacent core–shell metallo-dielectric spheres together with the optical field coupling by the dielectric shells are the main contributions for the multispectral light absorption. The predicted structure can be fabricated in large-area based on the standard colloidal self-assembled method and the metal deposition technique. These optical and structural features hold the proposed platform to be a potential of the application in light modulation and absorption and other optoelectronics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ultra-narrowband light filtering is with wide applications in display, image and optical measurement devices. Here, we theoretically propose and show a new and simple strategy for achieving notch filters by sub-wavelength all-dielectric meta-materials (ADMMs). The ADMM is comprised of a triple-layered high/low/high-index dielectric structure. Similar to the plasmonic resonances existed in the metallic meta-materials, strong optical field resonances have been observed in this ADMM. Dual-band reflective notch filtering phenomenon is achieved. Spectral bandwidth down to 3 nm and the spectral contrast reaching 97% are obtained. Moreover, the polarization-independent response is simultaneously achieved in this ADMM. Furthermore, high spectral tunability for the observed ultra-narrowband filtering is obtained via tuning the structural parameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]