Refractive micro-optical elements for surface plasmons: From classical to gradient index optics

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 20610-20619

  Devaux, Eloïse ^a   Laluet, Jean Yves ^a,c   Stein, Benedikt ^a   Genet, Cyriaque ^a   Ebbesen, Thomas ^a   Weeber, Jean Claude ^b   Dereux, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMATERIALS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FAR-FIELD; GRADIENT INDEXES; KEY FEATURE; METAL-DIELECTRIC INTERFACE; MICRO-OPTICAL ELEMENTS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL ELEMENTS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

OPTICS;

NANOMATERIAL; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; POLYMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77957994114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.020610     Document Type: Article

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