Simulation of an aperture in the thick metallic screen that gives high intensity and small spot size using surface plasmon polariton

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 294-300

  Tanaka, K ^a   Tanaka, M ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aperture; Integral equation; Near field optics; Simulation; Surface plasmon polariton

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; PARTICLE OPTICS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

APERTURE; HIGH INTENSITY; METALLIC SCREEN; NEAR FIELD OPTICS; PLASMON-POLARITONS; SIMULATION; SMALL SPOTS; SPOT SIZES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON; SURFACE-PLASMON;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL ROTATION; POLARITON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THICKNESS;

PUNCTUM MINUTISSIMUM;

EID: 0038678017     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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