Nanocavity antenna array for enhancing extraordinary optical transmission of light through a metallic nanoslit

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2131-2135

  Cui, Yanxia ^a   Hu, Jun ^a,b   He, Sailing ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; METALLIC FILMS; NANOANTENNAS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILVER;

EXTRAORDINARY OPTICAL TRANSMISSION; EXTRAORDINARY TRANSMISSION; INPUT SURFACES; NANO-CAVITIES; NANOSTRIPS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SILVER FILM; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 70450198882     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.002131     Document Type: Article

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