Excitation of surface-plasmon polaritons by a focused laser beam

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1381-1386

  Kano, Hiroshi ^a   Mizuguchi, Seiji ^a   Kawata, Satoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001041260     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001381     Document Type: Article

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