Polarization-dependent transmission through subwavelength anisotropic aperture arrays

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2380-2384

  DiMaio, Jeffrey R ^a   Ballato, John ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; COLOR; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

COLOR SHIFTING PIXELS; POLARIZATION MODE;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 33645090684     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.002380     Document Type: Article

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