Tunability of reflection and transmission spectra of two periodically corrugated metallic plates, obtained by control of the interactions between plasmonic and photonic modes

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1523-1529

  Yanai, Avner ^a   Levy, Uriel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PLASMONS;

CONTROL OF THE INTERACTION; FOURIER COMPONENTS; METALLIC PLATE; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PHOTONIC MODES; PLASMONIC; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION; RELATIVE SHIFT; TUNABILITIES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 77955807314     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.001523     Document Type: Article

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