Light transmission through a high index dielectric-filled sub-wavelength hole in a metal film

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6980-6989

  Olkkonen, Juuso ^a   Kataja, Kari ^a   Howe, Dennis G ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIELECTRIC MEDIUM; INDEX DIELECTRIC FILLING; PROPAGATION CONSTANT; TM-POLARIZED PLANE WAVES;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 24944477056     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006980     Document Type: Article

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