Effect of lens size on the focusing performance of plasmonic lenses and suggestions for the design

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9434-9444

  Yu, Yiting ^a   Zappe, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DEPTH OF FOCUS; DIFFRACTION THEORY; FDTD SIMULATIONS; FOCAL LENGTHS; FOCAL POINTS; FOCUSING PERFORMANCE; FRESNEL NUMBER; FULL WIDTH HALF MAXIMUM; LENS PARAMETERS; MAXIMUM INTENSITIES; METALLIC NANOSLIT ARRAYS; NANOFABRICATION TECHNIQUES; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PLASMONIC LENS; VARIABLE WIDTH;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 79955838036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.009434     Document Type: Article

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