Multiple-particle nanoantennas for enormous enhancement and polarization control of light emission

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 637-642

  Li, Zhipeng ^a   Shegai, Timur ^b   Haran, Gilad ^b   Xu, Hongxing ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enhancement; Nanoantenna; Nanoparticle; Polarization; Surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; EMISSION ENHANCEMENTS; ENHANCEMENT; NANO-METER SCALE; NANOANTENNA; NANOANTENNAS; NANOPARTICLE; POLARIZATION CONTROLS; SURFACE PLASMON;

ANTENNAS; LIGHT EMISSION; PLASMONS; POLARIZATION;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 65249101283     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800906c     Document Type: Article

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