Dephasing of electromagnetic fields in scattering from an isolated slit in a gold film

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7033, Issue , 2008, Pages

  McMahon, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Gray, Stephen K ^b   Schatz, George C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dephasing; Electromagnetic fields; FDTD; Metal slits; Modal method; Waveguide modes

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; METALLIC FILMS; POLARIZATION; STANDING WAVE METERS; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER); THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVEGUIDES; WAVES;

DEPHASING; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; EVANESCENT WAVEGUIDES; FDTD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; GOLD FILMS; INCIDENT POLARIZATIONS; MICRON SIZES; MODAL EXPANSIONS; MODAL METHOD; OUT OF PHASE; POWER FLOWS; STANDING WAVES; THIN GOLD FILMS; TM POLARIZATIONS; WAVEGUIDE MODES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 56249126004     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790647     Document Type: Conference Paper

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