Terahertz near-field enhancement in narrow rectangular apertures on metal film

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 12493-12501

  Park, D J ^a,b   Choi, S B ^a,b   Ahn, Y H ^b   Rotermund, F ^b   Sohn, I B ^c   Kang, C ^c   Jeong, M S ^c   Kim, D S ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON RESONANCE;

FIELD ENHANCEMENT; NEAR-FIELD ENHANCEMENT; RECTANGULAR APERTURE; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THIN METAL FILMS; TRANSMISSION ENHANCEMENT; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; VECTOR DIFFRACTION THEORY;

METALLIC FILMS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PHYSICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TIME;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LASERS; METALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHYSICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67749118130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.012493     Document Type: Article

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