Plasmonic-induced optical transparency in the near-infrared and visible range with double split nanoring cavity

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 15363-15370

  Liu, Shao Ding ^a,b   Yang, Zhi ^a   Liu, Rui Ping ^a   Li, Xiu Yan ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INFRARED DEVICES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASMONS; SLOW LIGHT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSPARENCY;

CAVITY VOLUME; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; GROUP INDEX; NEAR INFRARED; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PLASMONIC; QUADRUPOLES; SENSING APPLICATIONS; THIRD-ORDER; TWO GAPS; VISIBLE RANGE;

NANORINGS;

EID: 79961083704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.015363     Document Type: Article

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