Surface plasmon polariton resonance and transmission enhancement of light through subwavelength slit arrays in metallic films

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 12315-12322

  Kim, Myeong Woo ^a   Kim, Teun Teun ^a   Kim, Jae Eun ^a   Park, Hae Yong ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METALLIC FILMS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DIFFRACTION THEORY; ENHANCED TRANSMISSION; GEOMETRICAL PROPERTY; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SUBWAVELENGTH SLITS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TRANSMISSION ENHANCEMENT; TRANSMITTANCE SPECTRA;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 67749103802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.012315     Document Type: Article

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