On the experimental investigation of the electric and magnetic response of a single nano-structure

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 10905-10923

  Banzer, P ^a,b,c   Peschel, U ^b,c   Quabis, S ^b   Leuchs, G ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; RADIO RECEIVERS;

ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FOCAL PLANE; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC DIPOLE; MAGNETIC FIELD COMPONENTS; MAGNETIC RESPONSE; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL DOMAINS; OPTICAL RESPONSE; POLARIZATION DISTRIBUTIONS; SCATTERED LIGHT; SINGLE SPLIT-RING RESONATORS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; TEM; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC FIELD; VERSATILE TOOLS;

RING GAGES;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 77952684127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.010905     Document Type: Article

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