Optical nanoswitch: An engineered plasmonic nanoparticle with extreme parameters and giant anisotropy

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Alù, Andrea ^a,b   Engheta, Nader ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; METAMATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIZATION;

BUILDING BLOCKS; CLOSED-FORM SOLUTIONS; CONDUCTION PROPERTIES; DIFFERENT GEOMETRIES; ELECTRIC RESPONSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RESPONSE; FREQUENCY DISPERSIONS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; LIGHT INTERACTIONS; LOCAL FIELDS; MAGNETIC CONDUCTORS; MICROSCOPIC LEVELS; NANOSWITCH; NEGATIVE PERMITTIVITIES; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RESPONSE; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; POLARIZATION ROTATIONS; RESONANT FREQUENCIES;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 61649113543     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/1/013026     Document Type: Article

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