Plasmonic structures with extraordinary transmission and highly directional beaming properties

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2491-2496

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

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Annular aperture; Beaming; Enhanced transmission; Grating; Subwavelength aperture; Surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MICROWAVES;

ANNULAR APERTURE; BEAMING; ENHANCED TRANSMISSION; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURE;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 33750546040     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.22015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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