Enhanced light transmission through a single subwavelength aperture in layered films consisting of metal and dielectric

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 9071-9077

  Li, Zu Bin ^a   Tian, Jian Guo ^a   Liu, Zhi Bo ^a   Zhou, Wen Yuan ^a   Zhang, Chun Ping ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC FILMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; METALLIC FILMS; SILVER; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; LAYERED FILMS; PERIODIC GROOVES; SINGLE SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURE;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 27644553569     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.009071     Document Type: Article

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