Transmission enhancement in an array of subwavelength slits in aluminum due to surface plasmon resonances

Bell System Technical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 143-150

  Chan, Ho Bun ^a   Marcet, Zsolt ^a   Carr, Dustin ^b   Bower, John Eric ^c   Cirelli, Ray ^c   Ferry, Ed ^c   Klemens, Fred P ^c   Miner, John F ^c   Pai, Chien Shing ^d   Taylor, J Ashley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c New Jersey Nanotechnology Consortium   (United States)

^d LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD ENHANCEMENT; NANOMECHANICAL DISPLACEMENTS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECTS; SUBWAVELENGTH SLITS;

ALUMINUM; ARRAYS; METALLIC FILMS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33645501353     PISSN: 00058580     EISSN: 15387305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bltj.20109     Document Type: Article

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