Near-field electrical detection of optical plasmons and single-plasmon sources

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 475-479

  Falk, Abram L ^a   Koppens, Frank H L ^a   Yu, Chun L ^b   Kang, Kibum ^c   De Leon Snapp, Nathalie ^b   Akimov, Alexey V ^a   Jo, Moon Ho ^c   Lukin, Mikhail D ^a   Park, Hongkun ^a,b  

^a Department of Physics ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASMONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PLASMONS;

COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; ELECTRICAL DETECTION; ELECTRONIC COUNTERPARTS; FAR-FIELD RADIATION; NANOSCALE PHOTONICS; NEAR-FIELD COUPLING; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 67650998708     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1284     Document Type: Article

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