Analysis of the transmission process through single apertures surrounded by periodic corrugations

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3694-3700

  Degiron, A ^a   Ebbesen, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL FILMS; SILVER; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE WAVES; THICK FILMS;

HOLE ARRAYS; PERIODIC GROOVES; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS (SPP);

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4644256638     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.003694     Document Type: Article

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