Composite nano-antenna integrated with quantum cascade laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 1580-1582

  Dey, Dibyendu ^a   Kohoutek, John ^a   Gelfand, Ryan M ^a   Bonakdar, Alireza ^a   Mohseni, Hooman ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio sensing; field enhancement; near field scanning microscopy; plasmonic antenna; quantum cascade laser (QCL)

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSING; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; NEAR-FIELD SCANNING MICROSCOPY; PLASMONIC; QUANTUM CASCADE LASER (QCL);

ANTENNAS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NANORODS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SCANNING; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77957892190     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2073459     Document Type: Article

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