Evanescent and propagating electromagnetic fields in scattering from point-dipole structures

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

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 678-688

  Setäiä, Tero ^a   Kaivola, Matti ^a   Friberg, Ari T ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC POINT DIPOLES;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

EID: 0013448429     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.000678     Document Type: Article

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