Effect of surface plasmon resonance on the optical activity of chiral metal nanogratings

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 9575-9583

  Konishi, K ^a   Sugimoto, T ^a   Bai, B ^b   Svirko, Y ^b   Kuwata Gonokami, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; GOLD; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLARIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; ELECTRIC FIELD VECTORS; INCIDENT ANGLES; OPTICAL ACTIVITY;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 34547403314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009575     Document Type: Article

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