Direct observation of surface plasmon-polariton dispersion

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 428-434

  Giannattasio, Armando ^a   Barnes, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS;

OPTICS OF METALS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS (SPP); SURFACE PLASMONS; WAVEVECTORS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 13544261677     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000428     Document Type: Article

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