Light transmission through a high index dielectric hole in a metal film surrounded by surface corrugations

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 11506-11511

  Olkkonen, Juuso ^a   Kataja, Kari ^a   Howe, Dennis G ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SILVER; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

HIGH INDEX DIELECTRIC HOLE; SURFACE CORRUGATIONS; SURFACE GROOVES; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 34547885953     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011506     Document Type: Article

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