Surface-plasmon-enhanced transmission through hole arrays in Cr films

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1743-1748

  Thio, Tineke ^a   Ghaemi, H F ^a,b   Lezec, H J ^c,d   Wolff, P A ^a,e   Ebbesen, T W ^a,d  

^a NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Micrion Europe GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0242459400     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001743     Document Type: Article

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