Plasmonics: Metal nanostructures for subwavelength photonic devices

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1214-1220

  Maier, Stefan A ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nanophotonics; Optoelectronics; Plasmonics

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; INSULATING MATERIALS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS;

DIELECTRIC MICROCAVITIES; NANOPHOTONICS; PLASMONICS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33845732240     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.879582     Document Type: Article

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