Influence of aperture shape on the transmission properties of a periodic array of subwavelength apertures

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3664-3672

  Cao, Hua ^a   Nahata, Ajay ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; COHERENT LIGHT; DIFFRACTION; INFRARED RADIATION; METAL FOIL; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE WAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

APERTURE ARRAYS; RECTANGULAR APERTURES; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURES; TIME-DOMAIN WAVEFORMS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4644271598     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.003664     Document Type: Article

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