Electrical detection of plasmonic waves using an ultra-compact structure via a nanocavity

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 24349-24357

  Bai, Ping ^a   Gu, Ming Xia ^a   Wei, Xing Chang ^a   Li, Er Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; LOCATION; NANORODS; WAVEGUIDES;

ACTIVE VOLUMES; CLOSE PROXIMITY; COMPACT STRUCTURES; ELECTRICAL DETECTION; IMPEDANCE MATCHINGS; L-SHAPED; LOW-POWER DISSIPATION; METAL SEMICONDUCTOR METAL; METALLIC NANORODS; NANO-CAVITIES; NANOANTENNAS; NOVEL STRUCTURES; PLANAR STRUCTURE; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; RESPONSIVITY; SUB-WAVELENGTH; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY;

PLASMONS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MINIATURIZATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DEVICES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 73949092752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.024349     Document Type: Article

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