Annular nanoantenna on fibre micro-axicon

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 354-364

  Grosjean, T ^a   Fahys, A ^a   Suarez, M ^a   Charraut, D ^a   Salut, R ^a   Courjon, D ^a  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Azimuthal polarization; Nanoantennas; Nanocollection; Optical inductance; Plasmon mode; Radical polarization

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LASER BEAMS; LENSES; LOOP ANTENNAS; NANOANTENNAS; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLARIZATION;

AXICONS; AZIMUTHAL POLARIZATION; BESSEL BEAM; NANOANTENNAE; NANOCOLLECTION; OPTICAL DOMAINS; OPTICAL INDUCTANCE; OPTICAL-; PLASMON MODES; RADICAL POLARIZATION;

INDUCTANCE;

GLASS FIBER; GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ANTENNA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC FIELD; LENS FIBER; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 40049084596     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.01912.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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