Engineering the second harmonic generation pattern from coupled gold nanowires

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 408-416

  Benedetti, A ^a   Centini, M ^a   Sibilia, C ^a   Bertolotti, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NANOWIRES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WIRE;

CROSS SECTION; DIPOLAR EMISSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY; EMISSION PATTERN; GEOMETRICAL CONSIDERATIONS; GOLD NANOWIRE; METALLIC WIRE; NONLINEAR SOURCE; PER UNIT LENGTH; SCATTERED FIELD; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SELECTION MECHANISM;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 77949301523     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000408     Document Type: Article

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