Nanocavity antenna array for enhancing extraordinary optical transmission of light through a metallic nanoslit

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• JOSA B, Vol. 26 Issue 11, pp.2131-2135 (2009)
• Cui, Yanxia; Hu, Jun; He, Sailing
• The transmission of light through a single nanoslit milled in the metallic film is enhanced by using an array of nanocavity antennas. It is shown that transmission efficiency through...

Multilayered structures with high subwavelength resolution based on the metal-dielectric composites

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• JOSA A, Vol. 26 Issue 12, pp.2521-2525 (2009)
• Li, Xuan; Zhuang, Fei
• Pure noble metals are usually considered to be negative-permittivity materials for multilayered structures. Such structures can produce flat equal-frequency contours and achieve...

Multilayered structures for p- and s-polarized long-range surface-plasmon-polariton propagation

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• JOSA A, Vol. 26 Issue 12, pp.2600-2606 (2009)
• Jen, Yi-Jun; Lakhtakia, Akhlesh; Yu, Ching-Wei; Chan, Tzu-Yi
• A normalized admittance diagram assists in describing and designing multilayered structures to excite long-range surface-plasmon-polariton (LRSPP) waves of either the p- or the...

Chemical corrosion protection of optical components using atomic layer deposition

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 48 Issue 33, pp.6470-6474 (2009)
• Du, Xiaohua; Zhang, Kevin; Holland, Kathy; Tombler, Thomas; Moskovits, Martin
• Very thin films deposited using atomic layer deposition (ALD) on aluminum mirrors showed extraordinary resistance toward concentrated alkali solutions, various chemical etchants, and...

Polarimetric surface plasmon resonance imaging biosensor

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• Optics Letters, Vol. 34 Issue 23, pp.3634-3636 (2009)
• Duval, Aurélien; Laisné, Aude; Pompon, Denis; Held, Sylvain; Bellemain, Alain; Moreau, Julien; Canva, Michael
• We report the realization of a polarimetric surface plasmon resonance imaging system capable of dynamically resolving a change in the optical anisotropy of biochemical films....

Extreme ultraviolet multilayer mirror with near-zero IR reflectance

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• Optics Letters, Vol. 34 Issue 23, pp.3680-3682 (2009)
• Soer, W A; Gawlitza, P; van Herpen, M M J W; Jak, M J J; Braun, S; Muys, P; Banine, V Y
• We have developed a multilayer mirror for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation that has low reflectance for IR radiation at 10.6 μm wavelength. The mirror is based on a multilayer...