Directional control of light by a nano-optical Yagi-Uda antenna

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 312-315

  Kosako, Terukazu ^a   Kadoya, Yutaka ^a   Hofmann, Holger F ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL CONTROL; ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; NEAR-FIELD COUPLING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; PLASMON RESONANCES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SPATIAL RADIATION;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); NANORODS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 77951772241     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.34     Document Type: Article

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