Adiabatic nanofocusing of plasmons by a sharp metal wedge on a dielectric substrate

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Vernon, Kristy C ^a   Gramotnev, Dmitri K ^a   Pile, David F P ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FOCUSING;

ADIABATIC SLOWING; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; NANOFOCUSING; SHARP METAL WEDGES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 34249883951     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2732699     Document Type: Article

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