Plasmonic leak-free focusing lens under radially polarized illumination

Journal of Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Li, Xiaowei ^a   Tan, Qiaofeng ^a   Bai, Benfeng ^a,b   Jin, Guofan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Optical devices; Polarization; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FOCUSING; OPTICAL DEVICES; POLARIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CONCENTRIC RINGS; FOCUSING PERFORMANCE; HIGHER ENERGY DENSITY; METAL-DIELECTRIC INTERFACE; MUTUAL INTERFERENCE; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; RADIALLY POLARIZED; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

SURFACE PLASMONS;

EID: 78349269034     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/12/8/085001     Document Type: Article

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