A new structure for enhanced transmission through a two-dimensional metallic grating

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 140-143

  Van Labeke, D ^a   Baida, F I ^a   Vigoureux, J M ^b  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

^b Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques La Bouloie   (France)

Author keywords

Diffraction gratings; Light transmission; Metallic thin films; Nanostructured materials

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

CIRCULAR APERTURE; ENHANCED TRANSMISSION; METALLIC GRATINGS; METALLIC THIN FILMS; METALLICS; PERIODIC ARRAYS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SUB-WAVELENGTH; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

METAL;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIFFRACTION; FILM; LIGHT; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM;

EID: 1242292271     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2004.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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