Role of radiation and surface plasmon polaritons in the optical interactions between a nano-slit and a nano-groove on a metal surface

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 12629-12636

  Chen, Long ^a   Robinson, Jacob T ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

METAL SURFACES; OPTICAL INTERACTIONS; SLIT-GROOVE INTERACTION; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS (SPP);

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845800839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.012629     Document Type: Article

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