Super-transmission of light through subwavelength annular aperture arrays in metallic films: Spectral analysis and near-field optical images in the visible range

Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-53

  Poujet, Y ^a   Roussey, M ^a   Salvi, J ^a   Baida, F I ^a   Van Labeke, D ^a   Perentes, A ^b   Santschi, C ^b   Hoffmann, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coaxes; Enhanced transmission; Nanostructures; Near field optics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COAXES; ENHANCED TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NEAR-FIELD OPTICS;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 31444434707     PISSN: 15694410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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