Fourier analysis of surface plasmon waves launched from single nanohole and nanohole arrays: Unraveling tip-induced effects

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 740-747

  Chang, Y C ^a   Chu, J Y ^a   Wang, T J ^a   Lin, M W ^a   Yeh, J T ^a   Wang, J K ^b,c  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SENSOR ARRAYS;

NANOHOLE ARRAYS; SCANNING TIP; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMON WAVES (SPW);

SURFACE WAVES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 38549129721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.000740     Document Type: Article

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