Localized plasmonic properties of subwavelength geometries resonating at terahertz frequencies

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-129

  Lu, Xinchao ^a   Han, Jiaguang ^b   Zhang, Weili ^a  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Localized surface plasmons (SPs); subwavelength geometries; terahertz (THz) spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; METALLIC PARTICLES; METALLIC STRUCTURES; PERIODIC ARRAYS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC PROPERTIES; RECTANGULAR HOLES; STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUB-WAVELENGTH HOLES; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMETRY; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79951557346     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2045477     Document Type: Article

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