Nanophotonics: Design, fabrication, and operation of nanometric devices using optical near fields

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 839-862

  Ohtsu, Motoichi ^a,b,c,d   Kobayashi, Kiyoshi ^a,c   Kawazoe, Tadashi ^c   Sangu, Suguru ^c   Yatsui, Takashi ^c  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nanofabrication; Nanophotonic switch; Optical memory; Optical near fields; Plasmon waveguide; Quantum dots; Silicon probe

Indexed keywords

BORN-MARKOV APPROXIMATION; NANOPHOTONICS; NEAR FIELD OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL NEAR FIELDS; YUKAWA FUNCTION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; EXCITONS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHONONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EID: 0036662097     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2002.801738     Document Type: Article

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