Surface plasmon polariton analogue to Young's double-slit experiment

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 426-429

  Zia, Rashid ^a,b   Brongersma, Mark L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMONS; WAVEGUIDES;

DIELECTRIC COMPONENTS; DOUBLE-SLIT EXPERIMENT; EXTRAORDINARY OPTICAL TRANSMISSION; SUBWAVELENGTH LITHOGRAPHY; SURFACE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; ULTRA-HIGH-SENSITIVITY; YOUNG'S DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENTS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

GLASS; METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; DEVICE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIFFRACTION; DOUBLE SLIT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT; NANOANALYSIS; OPTICAL BIOSENSOR; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 34447117011     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.185     Document Type: Article

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