Sierpiński fractal plasmonic antenna: A fractal abstraction of the plasmonic bowtie antenna

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10456-10461

  Sederberg, Shawn ^a   Elezzabi, A Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FRACTALS; PLASMONS;

BOW-TIE ANTENNAS; COMPACT DEVICES; CONFINEMENT FACTOR; ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; FRACTAL FEATURE; FRACTAL GEOMETRY; MIDINFRARED; PLASMONIC; SIMULATION RESULT;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 79957603543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010456     Document Type: Article

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