Optical transmission through circular hole arrays in optically thick metal films

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3619-3628

  Martin Moreno L ^a   Garcia Vidal F J ^b  

^a Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GEOMETRY; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; THICK FILMS;

APERTURES; ENERGY FLUXES; HOLE ARRAYS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TRANSMISSION PHENOMENA;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4644293309     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.003619     Document Type: Article

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