Modern introduction to surface plasmons: Theory, mathematica modeling and applications

Modern Introduction to Surface Plasmons: Theory, Mathematica Modeling and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-371

  Sarid, Dror ^a   Challener, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139194846     Document Type: Book

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