Enhanced transmission mediated by guided resonances in metallic gratings coated with dielectric layers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 6619-6624

  Wu, Fengqin ^a   Han, Dezhuan ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Liu, Xiaohan ^a   Zi, Jian ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COATED METALLIC GRATINGS; DIELECTRIC COATING LAYERS; SURFACE PLASMON-POLARITON RESONANCES;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

METAL; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; MAGNETISM; OPTICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRICITY; MAGNETICS; METALS; OPTICS; SILVER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 43049136263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.006619     Document Type: Article

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