Optical activity in sub-wavelength metallic grids and fishnet metamaterials in the conical mount

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 439-451

  Oates, Thomas W H ^a   Dastmalchi, Babak ^b   Helgert, Christian ^c   Reissmann, Lars ^d   Huebner, Uwe ^e   Kley, Ernst Bernhard ^c   Verschuuren, Marc A ^f   Bergmair, Iris ^g   Pertsch, Thomas ^c   Hingerl, Kurt ^b   Hinrichs, Karsten ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d SENTECH INSTRUMENTS GMBH   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^g PROFACTOR GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; GENERALIZED ELLIPSOMETRY; LINEAR BIREFRINGENCE; POLARIZATION CONVERSION; SIMULATED RESULTS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; THE RIGOROUS COUPLEDWAVE ANALYSES (RCWA);

BIREFRINGENCE; DICHROISM; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84877086175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.000439     Document Type: Article

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