Metal nano-grid reflective wave plate

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2871-2879

  Pang, Y ^a   Gordon, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DEVICES; PLATE METAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; MODE-MATCHING THEORIES; NANOFABRICATION TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTICAL WAVE PLATES; PHASE DIFFERENCE; TE POLARIZATIONS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

METAL; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 60549092897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.002871     Document Type: Article

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