Discontinuity induced angular distribution of photon plasmon coupling

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 17750-17757

  Brissinger, D ^a   Lereu, A L ^b   Salomon, L ^a   Charvolin, T ^c   Cluzel, B ^a   Dumas, C ^a   Passian, A ^d   De Fornel, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; PHOTONS;

CRITICAL INCIDENT ANGLES; INCIDENT ANGLES; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; METAL-DIELECTRIC TRANSITION; NEAR-FIELD DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL NEAR FIELD; PLASMON COUPLING; PLASMON EXCITATIONS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; REAL PART; SCANNING NEAR FIELD MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON EXCITATION; SURFACE PLASMONS; THIN GOLD FILM; WAVE VECTOR;

PLASMONS;

EID: 80052245096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.017750     Document Type: Article

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