Beaming of light at broadside through a subwavelength hole: Leaky wave model and open stopband effect

Radio Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Jackson, D R ^a   Oliner, A A ^a,b   Zhao, T ^a,c   Williams, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METALLIC FILMS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA DEVICES;

MAXIMUM RADIATION AT BROADSIDE; WAVE ANTENNA MODEL;

LIGHT;

EID: 32844459998     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004RS003226     Document Type: Article

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