Extraordinary transmission through metal-coated monolayers of microspheres

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 761-772

  Landstrom L ^a   Brodoceanu, D ^b   Bauerle D ^b   Garcia Vidal, F J ^c   Rodrigo, Sergio G ^e   Martin Moreno, L ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METAL COATINGS; METALLIC FILMS; MICROSPHERES; MONOLAYERS; POLYSTYRENES; SILVER; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CLOSE PACKED; EXTRAORDINARY TRANSMISSION; FINITE -DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS (FDTD); POLYSTYRENE MICRO-SPHERE; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; THIN METAL FILMS; TRANSMISSION MECHANISMS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

EID: 58449084932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.000761     Document Type: Article

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