Optics of photonic nanojets

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2847-2858

  Itagi, Amit V ^a   Challener, W A ^a  

^a SEAGATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BESSEL FUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DEBYE SERIES; MIE THEORY; NORMAL PLANE-WAVE INCIDENCE; PHOTONIC NANOJETS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 30844454512     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.002847     Document Type: Article

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