Plasmonic hybridization between nanowires and a metallic surface: A transformation optics approach

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3293-3308

  Aubry, Alexandre ^a,b   Lei, Dang Yuan ^a   Maier, Stefan A ^a   Pendry, John B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

field enhancement; hybridization; invisibility dips; metal surface; nanoparticles; plasmonics; transformation optics

Indexed keywords

FIELD ENHANCEMENT; HYBRIDIZATION; INVISIBILITY DIPS; METAL SURFACE; PLASMONICS; TRANSFORMATION OPTICS;

DIMERS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOWIRES; PLASMONS; RESONANCE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

METALS;

EID: 79955414605     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn200438e     Document Type: Article

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