Influence of film thickness on the optical transmission through subwavelength single slits in metallic thin films

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 31, 2011, Pages

  Ferri, Fabio A ^a   Rivera, Victor A G ^a   Osorio, Sérgio P A ^a   Silva, Otávio B ^a   Zanatta, Antonio R ^a   Borges, Ben Hur V ^a   Weiner, John ^a   Marega Jr , Euclydes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; FILM THICKNESS; ION BEAMS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SILVER; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; LASER SOURCES; METALLIC THIN FILMS; OPTICAL AXIS; OSCILLATORY BEHAVIORS; SINGLE SLIT; SUB-WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 80155208312     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.000G11     Document Type: Article

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