Resonant tunneling of surface plasmon-polaritons

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 6380-6388

  Sidorenko, Sergei ^a   Martin, Olivier J F ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; GOLD; METALLIC FILMS; RESONANT TUNNELING; THICK FILMS;

SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS (SPP); SURFACE PLASMONS; SYMMETRICAL GEOMETRIES; SYMMETRICAL GEOMETRY;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 34248515464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.006380     Document Type: Article

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