Interaction of light with subwavelength apertures: A comparison of approximate and rigorous approaches

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 409-427

  Fiala, Jan ^a   Richter, Ivan ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diffracted evanescent wave model; Finite difference time domain method; Numerical modeling; Subwavelength aperture; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTED EVANESCENT WAVE MODEL; EVANESCENT WAVE; NUMERICAL MODELING; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURES; SURFACE PLASMONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMONS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

EID: 77952431084     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: 1572817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-010-9366-2     Document Type: Article

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