Visualization of surface plasmon interference by imprinting intensity patterns on a photosensitive polymer

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 48, 2012, Pages

  König, Tobias ^a   Santer, Svetlana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION LIMITS; INCOMING LIGHT; INTENSITY PATTERNS; INTERFERENCE INTENSITY; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; METAL LAYER; NANOSLITS; NEAR FIELD PATTERNS; PHOTOSENSITIVE POLYMERS; POLYMER SURFACES; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SURFACE PLASMON WAVES; SURFACE PLASMONS; SURFACE RELIEF GRATINGS;

DIFFRACTION; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84869078153     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/48/485304     Document Type: Article

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