Beaming of electromagnetic waves emitted through a subwavelength annular aperture

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 419-422

  Caglayan, Humeyra ^a   Bulu, Irfan ^a   Ozbay, Ekmel ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANGULAR TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTIONS; FAR-FIELD ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTRIBUTIONS; MICROWAVE SPECTRUM; NEAR-FIELD ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTRIBUTIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 33645770218     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000419     Document Type: Article

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