Surface plasmon generation and light transmission by isolated nanoholes and arrays of nanoholes in thin metal films

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3150-3165

  Chang, Shih Hui ^a,b   Gray, Stephen K ^a   Schatz, George C ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GOLD; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; NANOHOLES; SQUARE ARRAYS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS (SPP);

THIN FILMS;

EID: 21244459596     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.003150     Document Type: Article

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