Spoof-surface-plasmon assisted light beaming in mid-infrared

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 685-689

  Chen, Pengyu ^a   Gan, Qiaoqiang ^b   Bartoli, Filbert J ^b   Zhu, Lin ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PLASMONS; SILVER;

DISPERSION RELATIONS; FAR FIELD DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; GRATING STRUCTURES; MID-INFRARED WAVELENGTH RANGES; MIDINFRARED; NEAR-FIELD; PERIODIC GRATINGS; PHASE-MATCHING CONDITION; SILVER THIN FILMS; SINGLE SLIT; SURFACE PLASMONS; SURFACE-PLASMON;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 77955699087     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000685     Document Type: Article

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