Overlapping double-hole nanostructure in a metal film for localized field enhancement

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1228-1231

  Kumar, L Kiran Swaroop ^a   Gordon, Reuven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b IEEE

Author keywords

Nanophotonics; Nonlinear optics; Surface plasmons; Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; METALLIC FILMS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ENERGY DENSITY; ION BEAM MILLING; NANOPHOTONICS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33845644015     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.882656     Document Type: Article

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