A nano-confined source based on surface plasmon Bragg reflectors and nanocavity

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 19882-19890

  Wang, Qingyan ^a   Wang, Jia ^a   Zhang, Shulian ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG REFLECTORS; DIGITAL STORAGE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT SOURCES; NUMERICAL METHODS; REFLECTION;

ANNULAR GROOVES; NEAR FIELD IMAGING; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SAMPLE SURFACE; SIDE-LOBE SUPPRESSION; SPECTRUM DETECTION; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; SURFACE PLASMONS;

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

EID: 57149127948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019882     Document Type: Article

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