Coupled-mode theory of field enhancement in complex metal nanostructures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Sun, Greg ^a   Khurgin, Jacob B ^b   Bratkovsky, Alexander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 79961193363     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.045415     Document Type: Article

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