Mechanisms for extraordinary optical transmission through bull's eye structures

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10429-10442

  Carretero Palacios, S ^a   Mahboub, O ^b   Garcia Vidal, F J ^c   Martin Moreno, L ^a   Rodrigo, Sergio G ^a   Genet, C ^b   Ebbesen, T W ^b  

^a Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; PLASMONS; RESONANCE;

ANNULAR GROOVES; BULL'S EYE STRUCTURES; CIRCULAR HOLES; EXTRAORDINARY OPTICAL TRANSMISSION; INCIDENT RADIATION; OPTICAL CAVITIES; OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; RESONANT TRANSMISSIONS; STANDING WAVE; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SURFACE PLASMONS; TRANSMISSION RESONANCE;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79957621880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010429     Document Type: Article

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