Confinement of infrared radiation to nanometer scales through metallic slit arrays

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 608-619

  Lee, B J ^a   Chen, Y B ^a   Zhang, Z M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grating; Infrared; Localization; Transmission enhancement

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; HEATING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

METALLIC SLIT ARRAYS; POYNTING VECTOR; RIGOROUS COUPLED-WAVE ANALYSIS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC WAVES;

INFRARED RADIATION;

INFRARED RADIATION; NEAR INFRARED; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 36048966297     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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