Propagation of high-frequency surface plasmons on gold

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1708-1713

  Peale, R E ^a   Lopatiuk, O ^a   Cleary, J ^a   Santos, S ^a   Henderson, J ^a   Clark, D ^a   Chernyak, L ^a   Winningham, T A ^a   Del Barco, E ^a   Heinrich, H ^a   Buchwald, W R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH-FREQUENCY SURFACES; PROPAGATION LOSS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 59949094061     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001708     Document Type: Article

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