Resonantly enhanced transmission of terahertz radiation through a periodic array of subwavelength apertures

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1004-1010

  Cao, Hua ^a   Nahata, Ajay ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FREQUENCIES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; METAL FOIL; PERMITTIVITY; RESONANCE; STAINLESS STEEL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AMPLITUDE TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS; MOMENTUM LAWS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DEVICES;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 2942709892     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.001004     Document Type: Article

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