Terahertz field enhancement by a metallic nano slit operating beyond the skin-depth limit

Nature Photonics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 152-156

  Seo, M A ^a   Park, H R ^a   Koo, S M ^a   Park, D J ^a   Kang, J H ^b   Suwal, O K ^c   Choi, S S ^c   Planken, P C M ^d   Park, G S ^a   Park, N K ^a   Park, Q H ^b   Kim, D S ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL ANTENNAS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; SUB-DIFFRACTION; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); TERAHERTZ FIELDS; VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; PLASMONS; SURFACE SCATTERING;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 61449109912     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.22     Document Type: Article

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