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
         
        
        
        
        
        
            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;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Baltimore, MD, USA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-55752-834-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431695