Local and anisotropic excitation of surface plasmon polaritons by semiconductor nanowires

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 5013-5021

  Rumke T M ^a   Sanchez Gil J A ^b   Muskens, O L ^a   Borgstrom M T ^a   Bakkers, E P A M ^a   Rivas, J Gómez ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; PHOTOEXCITATION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ANISOTROPIC EXCITATION; CIRCULAR GEOMETRY; GOLD BULLSEYE GRATINGS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

NANOWIRES;

NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMINESCENCE; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; NANOTUBES; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 41649096278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.005013     Document Type: Article

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