Nanomechanical control of an optical antenna

Nature Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 230-233

  Merlein, Jörg ^a   Kahl, Matthias ^a   Zuschlag, Annika ^a   Sell, Alexander ^a   Halm, Andreas ^a   Boneberg, Johannes ^a   Leiderer, Paul ^a   Leitenstorfer, Alfred ^a   Bratschitsch, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RESONANCE; ARTIFICIAL STRUCTURES; BOW-TIE ANTENNAS; DARK-FIELD SCATTERINGS; DIPOLE RESONANCES; FULL THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NANOMANIPULATIONS; OPTICAL ANTENNAE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 41549169598     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2008.27     Document Type: Article

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