Microscopic theory of the extraordinary optical transmission

Nature

Volumn 452, Issue 7188, 2008, Pages 728-731

  Liu, Haitao ^a,b   Lalanne, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; SPECTRUM; WAVELENGTH;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENGINEERING; LIGHT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSCOPY; MODEL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM; THEORY;

EID: 42149154472     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06762     Document Type: Article

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