Extraordinary transmission through arrays of electrically small holes from a circuit theory perspective

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3108-3120

  Medina, Francisco ^a   Mesa, Francisco ^a   Marqués, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extraordinary transmission; Frequency selective surfaces (FSSs); Surface plasmon polaritons

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLIDS;

CIRCUIT MODELS; EXTRAORDINARY OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; EXTRAORDINARY TRANSMISSION; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE SURFACES (FSSS); METAL PLATES; METALAIR INTERFACES; MICROWAVE ENGINEERINGS; OPTICAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; PERIODIC ARRAYS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENONS; SMALL HOLES; SUBWAVELENGTH HOLES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TRANSMISSION LINES;

PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

EID: 57849158663     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2007343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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