Analysis of the near field and the far field diffracted by a metallized grating at and beyond the plasmon resonance

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2695-2704

  Salomon, L ^a   de Fornel, F ^a   Adam, P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

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EID: 0001491045     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.16.002695     Document Type: Article

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