Scattering efficiency and near field enhancement of active semiconductor plasmonic antennas at terahertz frequencies

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2797-2807

  Giannini, Vincenzo ^a   Berrier, Audrey ^a   Maier, Stefan A ^b   Sánchez Gil, José Antonio ^c   Rivas, Jaime Gómez ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; INDIUM ANTIMONIDES; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM;

CONCENTRATION OF; ELECTRICAL CARRIERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FREE CARRIERS; INDIUM ANTIMONIDE; NEAR-FIELD ENHANCEMENT; PLASMONICS; SCATTERING EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR ANTENNAS; SMALL GAPS; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; THERMAL EXCITATION;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 76149084179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.002797     Document Type: Article

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