Wavevector-resolved monochromatic spectral imaging of extraordinary optical transmission through subwavelength aperture arrays

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 18995-19005

  Branagan, Sean P ^a   Bonn, Paul W ^a,b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; EFFICIENCY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROSCOPY; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

EXTRAORDINARY OPTICAL TRANSMISSION; FIRST BRILLOUIN ZONE; MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE; SPATIAL COORDINATES; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; STRUCTURED GOLD FILMS; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURES; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

GOLD; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; POROSITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

GOLD; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; POROSITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350324308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.018995     Document Type: Article

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