Method-of-moments formulation for the analysis of plasmonic nano-optical antennas

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1341-1348

  Taboada, José M ^a   Rivero, Javier ^a   Obelleiro, Fernando ^b   Araújo, Marta G ^b   Landesa, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PLASMONS;

COMBINED FIELD INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; DISCRETIZATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC CURRENTS; MATERIAL BOUNDARIES; METALLIC OBJECTS; NANOANTENNAS; NORMAL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; PLASMONIC; REFERENCE SOLUTION; SURFACE INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 79959941414     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.28.001341     Document Type: Article

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