Femtosecond microscopy of localized and propagating surface plasmons in silver gratings

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Kubo, Atsushi ^a,c   Jung, Yun Suk ^b   Kim, Hong Koo ^b   Petek, Hrvoje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONS; SILVER;

NONLINEAR MAPS; PHOTOEMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (PEEM); SILVER GRATINGS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 34249751706     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/40/11/S02     Document Type: Article

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