The quest for magnetic plasmons at optical frequencies

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 5723-5730

  Alu, Andrea ^a,b   Engheta, Nader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM; MOLECULES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

MAGNETIC EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MOLECULES; MAGNETIC PLASMONS; MAGNETO-INDUCTIVE WAVEGUIDES; MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; WAVE INTERACTIONS;

PLASMONS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 65249118239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.005723     Document Type: Article

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