Light transmission through a single cylindrical hole in a metallic film

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 1475-1484

  De Abajo, F J García ^a  

^a DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DIFFRACTION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METALLIC FILMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

APERTURES; CYLINDRICAL HOLES; DIFFRACTION THEORY; HIGH-INDEX MATERIALS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 1542272108     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/oe.10.001475     Document Type: Article

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