Image transfer with subwavelength resolution to metal-dielectric interface

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1335-1338

  Intaraprasonk, Varat ^a   Yu, Zongfu ^b   Fan, Shanhui ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

FIELD DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE PLANE; IMAGE TRANSFER; METAL-DIELECTRIC INTERFACE; NEAR-FIELD IMAGES; SUBWAVELENGTH RESOLUTION; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; WAVE VECTOR;

SOLID STATE PHYSICS;

EID: 79959224737     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001335     Document Type: Article

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