Near-field nanofocusing through a combination of plasmonic Bragg reflector and converging lens

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 14762-14767

  Song, Wentao ^a   Fang, Zheyu ^a   Huang, Shan ^a   Lin, Feng ^a   Zhu, Xing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG REFLECTORS; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; REFLECTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ANNULAR GROOVES; CONVERGING LENS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LINEARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; PLASMONIC BRAGG REFLECTOR; PLASMONIC LENS; RADIAL DIRECTION; THEORETICAL SIMULATION;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78650919684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.014762     Document Type: Article

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