Extraordinary transmission through arrays of slits: A circuit theory model

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-115

  Medina, Francisco ^a   Mesa, Francisco ^a   Skigin, Diana C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diffraction gratings; Extraordinary transmission; Impedance matching; Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs)

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND STRUCTURES; CUTOFF MODES; EQUIVALENT-CIRCUIT MODEL; EXTRAORDINARY TRANSMISSION; IMPEDANCE MATCHINGS; METAL SCREENS; PERIODIC ARRAYS; SMALL APERTURE; SMALL HOLE; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS (SPPS); TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC MODE;

CUTOFF FREQUENCY; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); LIGHT; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLIDS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION;

EID: 75449084916     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2036341     Document Type: Article

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