Analytic model of optical depolarization in square and hexagonal nanohole arrays

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1731-1736

  Altewischer, Erwin ^a   van Exter, Martin P ^a   Woerdman, J P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

OPTICAL DEPOLARIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON PROPAGATION;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 24144471868     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001731     Document Type: Article

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