The electromagnetics of light transmission through subwavelength slits in metallic films

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 16139-16153

  Weiner, John ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; METALLIC FILMS; SURFACE WAVES; TRANSPARENCY; WAVES;

ELECTROMAGNETICS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INDUCED CHARGES; INTERFERENCE CONTROL; INTERFERENCE MODELS; LOCAL CHARGE; METAL FILM; REAL METALS; SINGLE APERTURE; STANDING WAVE; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURES; SUBWAVELENGTH SLITS; TRANSMISSION PROFILES;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 80051761143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.016139     Document Type: Article

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