High efficient optical focusing of a zone plate composed of metal/dielectric multilayer

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3078-3083

  Kim, Hyun Chul ^a   Ko, Hyungduk ^a   Cheng, Mosong ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MULTILAYER FILMS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; PLASMONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BUILDING BLOCKES; DIFFRACTION PROCESS; HIGH EFFICIENT; OPTICAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; OPTICAL FOCUSING; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

PLATE METAL;

EID: 61549101874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.003078     Document Type: Article

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