Obtaining subwavelength optical spots using nanoscale ridge apertures

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-43

  Jin, E X ^a   Xu, X ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; RADIATION; THIN FILMS;

NANOSCALE RIDGE APERTURES; SUBWAVELENGTH OPTICAL RESOLUTION;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; RADIATION; THIN FILMS;

EID: 34248394747     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2401196     Document Type: Article

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