Analysis of a bowtie nanoantenna for the enhancement of spontaneous emission

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1441-1447

  Liaw, Jiunn Woei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bowtie nanoantenna; Enhancement of fluorescence; Local fieldfactor; Low pass filter; Nonradiative power; Orientizer; Polarizer; Quantum yield; Radiative power; Surfaceplasmon resonance (SPR)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLUORESCENCE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; METALLIC SOAPS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PLASMA THEORY; RESONANCE; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BOWTIE NANOANTENNA; ENHANCEMENT OF FLUORESCENCE; LOCAL-FIELDFACTOR; LOW-PASS FILTER; NONRADIATIVE POWER; ORIENTIZER; POLARIZER; RADIATIVE POWER; SURFACEPLASMON RESONANCE (SPR);

POLARIZATION;

EID: 58149109568     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.916755     Document Type: Article

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