Tuning plasmonic resonances of an annular aperture in metal plate

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 5912-5923

  Heshmat, Barmak ^a   Li, Dan ^a   Darcie, Thomas E ^a   Gordon, Reuven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; METAMATERIALS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLATE METAL; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PLATING; RESONANCE;

ANNULAR APERTURES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; METAL PLATES; NEAR FIELD OPTICS; PERFECT ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC SENSORS; REAL METALS; REFLECTION AMPLITUDE; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SURFACE PLASMON WAVES;

PLASMONS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 79953168099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.005912     Document Type: Article

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