Evaluation of arachidic acid langmuir-blodgett ultrathin films on silver thin films from scattered light using surface plasmon polariton excited at the interfaces

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E81-C, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1098-1104

  Aoki, Yusukc ^a   Kato, Keizo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arachidic acid; Lb ultrathin film; Scattered light; Surface plasmon polariton; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; METALLIC FILMS; MONOLAYERS; PERMITTIVITY; SILVER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

ARACHIDIC ACID; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION (ATR); SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

EID: 0032120718     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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