Coupling of surface-plasmon polaritons to directional far-field radiation by an individual surface protrusion

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 33, 2001, Pages 6081-6085

  Vohnsen, Brian ^a,b   Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; METALLIC FILMS; SILVER; SURFACES;

SURFACE-PLASMON POLARITONS (SPP);

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0037811788     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.006081     Document Type: Article

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