Enhanced directivity from subwavelength infrared/optical nano-antennas loaded with plasmonic materials or metamaterials

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 11 I, 2007, Pages 3027-3039

  Alu, Andrea ^a,b   Engheta, Nader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Metamaterials; Nano antennas; Optical frequencies; Super directivity

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PERMITTIVITY; PLASMONS; WAVELENGTH;

METAMATERIALS; NANO-ANTENNAS; OPTICAL FREQUENCIES; PLASMONIC MATERIALS; PLASMONIC RESONANCES;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 36849082982     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.908368     Document Type: Article

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