Near-field focusing with optical phase antennas

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 17801-17811

  Curto, A G ^a   Manjavacas, A ^b   De Abajo, F J García ^b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FOCUSING; GEOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

CONCENTRIC RINGS; FOCAL DISTANCES; FOCAL SPOT; GOLD RINGS; NEAR-FIELD FOCUSING; OPTICAL PHASE; SILICA MATRIX; SUB-WAVELENGTH;

LENS ANTENNAS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349696675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.017801     Document Type: Article

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