Optical antenna arrays in the visible range

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3478-3487

  Matthews, Daniel R ^a   Summers, Huw D ^a   Njoh, Kerenza ^a   Chappell, Sally ^a   Errington, Rachel ^a   Smith, Paul ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE ANTENNAS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THIN FILMS;

PHASE-COUPLING RADIATION; SUB-WAVELENGTH GRATING INTERACTS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON MODES;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 33947386634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.003478     Document Type: Article

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