The excitation of terahertz-range surface plasmons by frustrated total internal reflection through the substrate

Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal)

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 465-468

  Gerasimov, V V ^a   Zhizhin, G N ^b   Nikitin, A K ^b   Knyazev, B A ^a  

^a BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER OF UNIQUE INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

FRUSTRATED TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; INCIDENT RADIATION; KRETSCHMANN; METALLIC LAYERS; PLASMON SENSORS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TERAHERTZ RANGE; TERAHERTZ SURFACES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 77958488655     PISSN: 10709762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOT.77.000465     Document Type: Article

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