Controlling the near-field oscillations of loaded plasmonic nanoantennas

Nature Photonics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 287-291

  Schnell, M ^a   Garcia Etxarri A ^b   Huber, A J ^a,c   Crozier, K ^d   Aizpurua, J ^b   Hillenbrand, R ^a,c  

^a CIC NANOGUNE   (Spain)

^b CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT CONTROL; COMPLEX ANTENNAS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; INFRARED ANTENNAS; NEAR FIELD MICROSCOPY; NEAR-FIELD PATTERN; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; OPTICAL NEAR-FIELD INTERACTION;

CIRCUIT THEORY;

METAMATERIAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 67649236425     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.46     Document Type: Article

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