Diffracted evanescent wave model for enhanced and suppressed optical transmission through subwavelength hole arrays

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3629-3651

  Lezec, Henri J ^a   Thio, Tineke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^b Arinna LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIFFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC FILMS; MONOCHROMATORS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VECTORS;

APERTURES; EVANESCENT WAVES; FOCUSED ION BEAM (FIB); HOLE ARRAYS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4644263494     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.003629     Document Type: Article

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