Ultrafast active control of localized surface plasmon resonances in silicon bowtie antennas

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 23226-23235

  Berrier, Audrey ^a   Ulbricht, Ronald ^a   Bonn, Mischa ^a   Gómez Rivas, Jaime ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; PLASMONS;

ACTIVE CONTROL; BOW-TIE ANTENNAS; DIRECT CONTROL; FIELD INTENSITY; FOUR-ORDER; FREE CARRIER DENSITY; LIGHT CONCENTRATION; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; OPTICAL MODULATION; PICOSECONDS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR ANTENNAS; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TIME-SCALES; ULTRA-FAST;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 78149395656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.023226     Document Type: Article

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