Subwavelength light bending by metal slit structures

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 9652-9659

  Lee, Tae Woo ^a   Gray, Stephen K ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; SILVER;

BENDING EFFICIENCY; METAL SLIT STRUCTURES; OPTICAL WAVELENGTHS; SUBWAVELENGTH LIGHT BENDING;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 28044453712     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.009652     Document Type: Article

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