Theoretical analysis and experimental demonstration of resonant light scattering from metal nanostrips on quartz

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-124

  Jung, Jesper ^a   Søndergaard, Thomas ^a   Beermann, Jonas ^b   Boltasseva, Alexandra ^c   Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; INFRARED DEVICES; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; QUARTZ;

EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATION METHODS; QUARTZ SUBSTRATE; REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANT LIGHT SCATTERINGS; SCATTERING RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; WAVELENGTH SPECTRA;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 59949100293     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000121     Document Type: Article

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