Understanding near/far-field engineering of optical dimer antennas through geometry modification

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 21228-21239

  Ding, W ^a   Bachelot, R ^a   De Espiau Lamaestre, R ^b   Macias, D ^a   Baudrion, A L ^a   Royer, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DIMERS; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SAILING VESSELS;

FAR-FIELD PROPERTIES; GEOMETRY MODIFICATIONS; GLOBAL SHAPES; LOCAL GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; QUALITY FACTORS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

NANOANTENNAS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 70749156419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.021228     Document Type: Article

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