Identifying plasmonic modes in a circular paraboloidal geometry by quasi-separation of variables

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Kurihara, Kazuyoshi ^a,b   Takahara, Junichi ^c   Yamamoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Otomo, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 67651030829     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/42/18/185401     Document Type: Article

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