Compact metallo-dielectric optical antenna for ultra directional and enhanced radiative emission

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3390-3396

  Devilez, Alexis ^a   Stout, Brian ^a   Bonod, Nicolas ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Colloidal lens; LSPRs; Nanoantenna; Plasmons; Single emitter

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COUPLED NANOPARTICLES; DIELECTRIC MICROSPHERES; EXCITATION STRENGTHS; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; LSPRS; NANOANTENNA; RADIATIVE DECAY RATES; SINGLE EMITTER;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

METAL; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETRY; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77955883756     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100348d     Document Type: Article

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