Transmission through single subwavelength apertures in thin metal films and effects of surface plasmons

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 456-463

  Vallius, Tuomas ^a   Turunen, Jari ^a   Mansuripur, Masud ^b   Honkanen, Seppo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC FILMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RESONANCE; THIN FILMS;

SURFACE PLASMON; THIN METAL FILM;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 1542275418     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.000456     Document Type: Article

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