Optical forces near a nanoantenna

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ploschner, Martin ^a   Mazilu, Michael ^a   Krauss, Thomas F ^a   Dholakia, Kishan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

force; Maxwell stress tensor; nanoantenna; trapping

Indexed keywords

REFRACTIVE INDEX; TENSORS;

FORCE; MAXWELL STRESS TENSOR METHOD; MAXWELL STRESS TENSORS; NANO-ANTENNA STRUCTURES; NANOANTENNA; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; TRAPPING; TRAPPING EFFICIENCIES;

NANOANTENNAS;

EID: 77958135146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3332850     Document Type: Article

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