Local investigation of the optical properties of subwavelength rectangular holes with a focused beam of electrons

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1950, 2011, Pages 3456-3471

  Prangsma, J C ^a   Van Oosten, D ^a   Kuipers, L ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cathodoluminescence; Extraordinary transmission; Surface plasmons; Transition radiation

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EXTRAORDINARY TRANSMISSION; FOCUSED BEAMS; GOLD FILM; MULTI-SPECTRAL; OPTICAL DIFFRACTION LIMIT; RECTANGULAR HOLES; SCATTERED LIGHT; SHAPE AND SIZE; SMALL CLUSTERS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUB-WAVELENGTH HOLES; SURFACE PLASMONS; TRANSITION RADIATION;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 80053010086     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0173     Document Type: Article

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