Theory of extraordinary optical transmission through subwavelength hole arrays

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1114-1117

  Martin Moreno L ^a   Garcia Vidal F J ^b   Lezec, H J ^c   Pellerin, K M ^d   Thio, T ^d   Pendry, J B ^e   Ebbesen, T W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^d NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTRON TUNNELING; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC FILMS; MOLECULES; QUANTUM THEORY; SILVER; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

OPTICALLY THICK METAL FILMS; SUBWAVELENGTH HOLE ARRAYS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035251449     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1114     Document Type: Article

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