Subwavelength surface waves with zero diffraction

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Miret, Juan J ^a   Pastor Calle, David ^b   Zapata Rodriguez, Carlos J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

diffraction; plasmonics

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PLASMONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SURFACE WAVES;

DIFFRACTION FREE BEAMS; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; METAL-DIELECTRIC STRUCTURES; NONDIFFRACTING BEAM; PROPAGATION CONSTANT; TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE; WAVE AMPLIFICATION;

DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80053232644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3583989     Document Type: Article

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