Enhanced transmission through subwavelength apertures by excitation of particle localized plasmons and nanojets

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 11545-11557

  Valdivia Valero, F J ^a   Nieto Vesperinas, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMONS;

EIGEN MODES; ENHANCED TRANSMISSION; EXTRAORDINARY TRANSMISSION; NANOJET; NANOJETS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PLASMONIC; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURES; SUPERTRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION ENHANCEMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79958242695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.011545     Document Type: Article

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