The plasmon Talbot effect

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 9692-9700

  Dennis, Mark R ^a   Zheludev, Nikolay I ^a   García De Abajo, F Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHTING; METALLIC FILMS; WAVELENGTH;

FOCAL SPOTS; PLASMONIC CIRCUITS; SELF-IMAGES; TALBOT EFFECT;

PLASMONS;

EID: 34547457185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009692     Document Type: Article

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