A theoretical analysis of backscattering enhancement due to surface plasmons from multilayer structures with rough interfaces

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1133-1143

  Kuo, Chih Hao ^a,b   Moghaddam, Mahta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscattering enhancement; Layered rough surfaces; Rough surface scattering; Satellite peaks; Surface plasmon waves

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; ROUGH SURFACE SCATTERING;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 42549117601     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.919185     Document Type: Article

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