Characteristics of Plasmonic at a Metal/Chiral Sculptured Thin Film Interface

Plasmonics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1051-1057

  Babaei, F ^a   Omidi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QOM   (Iran)

Author keywords

Kretschman configuration; Sculptured thin film; Surface plasmon polariton

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877587950     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-013-9508-z     Document Type: Article

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