Spectral analysis of resonant transmission of light through a single sub-wavelength slit

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 623-632

  Lindberg, J ^a   Lindfors, K ^a   Setala T ^a   Kaivola, M ^a   Friberg, A T ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FREQUENCIES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE WAVES; THIN FILMS; WAVEGUIDES;

BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHODS; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; TRANSMISSION RESONANCE;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 2942729830     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.000623     Document Type: Article

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