A monopole antenna at optical frequencies: Single-molecule near-field measurements

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 11 I, 2007, Pages 3010-3017

  Taminiau, Tim H ^a   Segerink, Frans B ^b   van Hulst, Niek F ^a,c  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Monopole antennas; Near fields; Optical antennas; Optical resonance; Plasmons; Surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INTEGRATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VECTORS; WAVELENGTH;

MONOPOLE ANTENNAS; OPTICAL ANTENNAS; OPTICAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL RESONANCE;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 36849071898     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.908561     Document Type: Article

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