Adiabatic nano-focusing of plasmons by metallic tapered rods in the presence of dissipation

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 363, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 507-511

  Vogel, Michael W ^a   Gramotnev, Dmitri K ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Local field enhancement; Nano focusing; Near field optics; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMONS;

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIORS; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; NANO-FOCUSING; NEAR FIELD OPTICS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; TAPER ANGLES; TAPERED RODS;

FOCUSING;

EID: 33847058480     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2006.11.041     Document Type: Article

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