Mechanisms underlying extraordinary transmission enhancement in subwavelength hole arrays

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2589-2596

  Biswas, R ^a   Neginhal, S ^a   Ding, C G ^a   Puscasu, I ^b   Johnson, E ^b  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b ICx Photonics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DIFFRACTION-BASED MODELS; FOURIER-SPACE SCATTERING MATRIX; SUBWAVELENGTH HOLE ARRAYS; SURFACE-PLASMON MODELS;

WAVELENGTH;

EID: 36949015358     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002589     Document Type: Article

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