Periodic dielectric bars assisted enhanced transmission and directional light emission from a single subwavelength slit

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 8037-8042

  Li, Zu Bin ^a   Tian, Jian Guo ^a   Zhou, Wen Yuan ^a   Zang, Wei Ping ^a   Zhang, Chunping ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC FILMS; MODULATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIELECTRIC BARS; PERIODIC GROOVES; SUBWAVELENGTH SLIT;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 33748298756     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.008037     Document Type: Article

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