Method of Moments formulation for the analysis and design of plasmonic nano-optical antennas of arbitrary shape

Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2205-2208

  Taboada, J M ^a   Rivero, J ^a   Landesa, L ^a   Araujo, M G ^b   Obelleiro, F ^b   Rubinos Lopez, J O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); METHOD OF MOMENTS; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS;

ARBITRARY SHAPE; DISCRETIZATIONS; MATERIAL BOUNDARIES; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; METHOD OF MOMENTS (MOM); OPTICAL ANTENNAS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; REFERENCE SOLUTION;

NANOANTENNAS;

EID: 79959643038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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