A full electromagnetic simulation study of near-field imaging using silver films

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Jiang, Shi Hong ^a   Pike, Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; NEAR-FIELD IMAGING; SILVER FILMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LENSES; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; SILVER; THIN FILMS;

MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS;

EID: 24044530408     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: 13672630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/169     Document Type: Article

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