• DocumentCode
    2793285
  • Title

    Explaining enhanced optical transmission through sub- wavelength apertures: Surface plasmon polaritons vs. composite diffracted evanescent waves

  • Author

    Flammer, P.D. ; Schick, I.C. ; Collins, R.T. ; Hollingsworth, R.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Surface plasmon polaritons¿ (SPPs) and composite diffracted evanescent waves¿ (CDEWs) role in enhanced optical transmission are reviewed experimentally, via numerical modeling, and theoretically. All results support involvement of SPPs and contradict the existence of CDEWs.
  • Keywords
    Apertures; Optical diffraction; Optical films; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Resonance; Rough surfaces; Solid modeling; Surface roughness; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431695
  • Filename
    4431695