Strong magnetic response of submicron Silicon particles in the infrared

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 4815-4826

  Garcia Etxarri A ^a   Gomez Medina R ^b   Froufe Perez L S ^b   Lopez C ^b   Chantada, L ^c   Scheffold, F ^c   Aizpurua, J ^a   Nieto Vesperinas, M ^b   Saenz J J ^a,d  

^a DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT REFRACTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; METAMATERIALS; NANOMAGNETICS; PERMITTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; RESONANCE;

AT-WAVELENGTH; DIELECTRIC NANOPARTICLES; DIELECTRIC PARTICLES; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGHER ORDER RESONANCES; INDEX OF REFRACTION; LOSSLESS DIELECTRICS; LOW LOSS; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; MAGNETIC RESPONSE; MULTIPOLES; NEAR INFRARED; OPTICAL MEDIA; SI-PARTICLE; SILICON PARTICLES; SPECTRAL OVERLAP; SUBMICRON; TELECOM;

MAGNETIC BUBBLES;

EID: 79952606006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.004815     Document Type: Article

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