Unidirectional surface plasmon polariton excitation on single slit with oblique backside illumination

Plasmonics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-159

  Kim, Hwi ^a   Lee, Byoungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Rigorous coupled wave analysis; Surface plasmon polariton; Unidirectional excitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649958584     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-009-9086-2     Document Type: Article

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