Surface plasmon converging and diverging properties modulated by polymer refractive structures on metal films

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 11315-11320

  Zhang, D G ^a,c   Yuan, X C ^b   Bu, J ^b   Yuan, G H ^a,c   Wang, Q ^a   Lin, J ^a   Zhang, X J ^a   Wang, P ^c   Ming, H ^c   Mei, T ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

(110.0180) Microscopy; (120.5060) Phase modulation; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (240.6690) Surface waves

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; MODULATION; PHASE MODULATION; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE WAVES;

DIFFERENT SHAPES; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; FOCAL LENGTHS; IMAGING PROPERTIES; METALLIC THIN FILMS; MODULATION EFFECTS; RADIATION INTENSITY; SURFACE PLASMONS;

PLASMONS;

METAL; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OPTICS; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METALS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; POLYMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 67650541720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.011315     Document Type: Article

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