Wavelength squeeze of surface plasmon polariton in a subwavelength metal slit

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-63

  Li, Chao ^a   Zhou, Yun Song ^a   Wang, Huai Yu ^b   Wang, Fu He ^a  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EXCITED MODE; EXTRAORDINARY OPTICAL TRANSMISSION; METAL SLITS; NORMAL INCIDENCE; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE; SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES; SLIT WIDTH; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 75149188603     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000059     Document Type: Article

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