Colored images generated by metallic sub-wavelength gratings

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 12189-12196

  Lochbihler, Hans ^a  

^a Papierfabrik Louisenthal GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

(050.6624) Subwavelength structure; (260.5740) Resonance, (330.1690) Color

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; RESONANCE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE; GRATING DIFFRACTION; SECURITY FEATURES; SUB-WAVE LENGTH GRATING; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TRANSMITTANCE AND REFLECTANCES; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 67650562054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.012189     Document Type: Article

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