UV Plasmonic Structures: Direct Observations of UV Extraordinary Optical Transmission and Localized Field Enhancement Through Nanoslits

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 245-253

  Gan, Qiaoqiang ^a   Zhou, Liangcheng ^a   Dierolf, Volkmar ^a   Bartoli, Filbert J ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extraordinary optical; Surface Plasmon polariton; transmission; ultraviolet optics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008042430     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2009.2035998     Document Type: Article

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