Optimization of plasmon nano-focusing in tapered metal rods

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Vogel, Michael W ^a   Gramotnev, Dmitri K ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Local field enhancement; Nano focusing; Near field optics; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; METALS; NANORODS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMONS;

FABRICATION IMPERFECTIONS; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; MATERIAL PARAMETER; NANO-FOCUSING; NANOMANIPULATIONS; NEAR FIELD OPTICS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION;

NANOSENSORS;

EID: 77749276627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3046689     Document Type: Article

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