Dependence of resonant light transmission properties of a subwavelength slit on structural parameters

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 11026-11038

  Lindfors, K ^a   Lechner, L ^a   Kaivola, M ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; INFRARED DEVICES; ION BEAMS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

FOCUSED ION BEAM MILLING; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; RESONANT TRANSMISSIONS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; SUBWAVELENGTH SLITS; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY; TRANSMITTANCE SPECTRA; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 67649265081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.011026     Document Type: Article

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