Plasmonic array nanoantennas on layered substrates: Modeling and radiation characteristics

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 18556-18570

  Ghadarghadr, Shabnam ^a   Hao, Zhengwei ^a   Mosallaei, Hossein ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NANOANTENNAS; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; SUBSTRATES;

FINITE -DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS (FDTD); FINITE-SIZE SUBSTRATE; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POLARIZABILITY FACTORS; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; RADIATION PERFORMANCE; TOTAL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350334165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.018556     Document Type: Article

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