On the phase of plasmons excited by slits in a metal film

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 11823-11832

  Janssen, O T A ^a   Urbach, H P ^b   'T Hooft, G W ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC FILMS;

DIFFRACTION MODELS; PHASE INFORMATION; SURFACE PLASMONS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 34547487665     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011823     Document Type: Article

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