Toward broadband plasmonics: Tuning dispersion in rhombic plasmonic crystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1241-1247

  Zhou, Wei ^a   Gao, Hanwei ^b   Odom, Teri W ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticrossings; Band gaps; Dispersion diagram; Plasmonic crystal; Rhombic lattice

Indexed keywords

ANTICROSSINGS; BAND GAPS; DISPERSION DIAGRAMS; PLASMONIC CRYSTALS; RHOMBIC LATTICES;

CRYSTALS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ENERGY GAP; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY;

EID: 77649155717     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901590p     Document Type: Conference Paper

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