Plasmonics for extreme light concentration and manipulation

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-204

  Schuller, Jon A ^a   Barnard, Edward S ^a   Cai, Wenshan ^a   Jun, Young Chul ^a   White, Justin S ^a   Brongersma, Mark L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPHOTONICS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

DIFFRACTION LIMITED; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; LIGHT CONCENTRATION; LIGHT CONCENTRATORS; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; NANOPHOTONIC STRUCTURES; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; POSSIBLE FUTURES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 77249122018     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2630     Document Type: Review

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