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Photonics Research, Volume. 1, Issue 4, 154(2013)

Finite difference time domain study of light transmission through multihole nanostructures in metallic film

Mehrdad Irannejad^*, Mustafa Yavuz, and Bo Cui

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Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada

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Paper Information

Category: Optics at Surfaces

Received: Aug. 20, 2013

Accepted: Oct. 10, 2013

Published Online: Dec. 26, 2013

The Author Email: Mehrdad Irannejad (mehrdad.irannejad@uwaterloo.ca)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.1.000154

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