Collimation of sound assisted by acoustic surface waves

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 851-852

  Christensen, J ^a   Fernandez Dominguez, A I ^a   De Leon Perez, F ^b   Martin Moreno, L ^b   Garcia Vidal, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT; METALLIC FILMS; SURFACE PLASMONS; SURFACE WAVES;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVES; CLASSICAL WAVES; EXTRAORDINARY OPTICAL TRANSMISSION; PERIODIC ARRAYS; SINGLE HOLE; SUB-WAVELENGTH HOLES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 36749067715     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys774     Document Type: Article

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