Direct near-field optical imaging of UV bowtie nanoantennas

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 20301-20306

  Zhou, Liangcheng ^a   Gan, Qiaoqiang ^a   Bartoli, Filbert J ^a   Dierolf, Volkmar ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; SCANNING ANTENNAS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ANTENNA SIZE; BOW TIE; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; UV INTENSITY;

NANOANTENNAS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING PROBE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 70749145611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.020301     Document Type: Article

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