Efficient unidirectional nanoslit couplers for surface plasmons

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 324-328

  Lopez Tejeira F ^a   Rodrigo, Sergio G ^a   Martin Moreno L ^a   Garcia Vidal F J ^b   Devaux, E ^c   Ebbesen, T W ^c   Krenn, J R ^d   Radko, I P ^e   Bozhevolnyi, S I ^e   Gonzalez M U ^f,g   Weeber, J C ^f   Dereux, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^g ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LASER OPTICS; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

CONDUCTING MATERIALS; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; ILLUMINATION METHOD; OPTICAL DIFFRACTION LIMIT; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; REGION OF INTEREST; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON MODES;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 34247862401     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys584     Document Type: Article

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