How light gets through periodically nanostructured metal films: A role of surface polaritonic crystals

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 344-349

  Zayats, A V ^a   Salomon, L ^b   De Fornel, F ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Nanostructured metal films; Surface plasmon polaritons

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METALLIC FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; PHONONS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONS; PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ENHANCED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION; METAL INTERFACE; METAL-FILMS; NANO-STRUCTURED METAL FILMS; PLASMON-POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON; SURFACE POLARITONS; SURFACE-PLASMON; TRANSMISSION ENHANCEMENT; WAVE VECTOR;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

METAL; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; FILM; LIGHT; OPTICS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0038343521     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01161.x     Document Type: Article

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