Nanoscale control of the radiation properties of coupled nanoantennas

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 1541-1543

  Locatelli, Andrea ^a   Boscolo, Stefano ^b   Capobianco, Antonio Daniele ^a   Midrio, Michele ^b   De Angelis, Costantino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antenna theory; integrated optics; nanoelectronics; nanophotonics; plasmons; Yagi Uda antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA THEORY; CYLINDRICAL ROD; EFFECTIVE INDEX; GAP REGIONS; NANO SCALE; NANOANTENNAS; NANOSCALE CONTROL; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; PLASMONIC; QUARTER-WAVELENGTH; RADIATION PROPERTIES; YAGI-UDA ANTENNAS;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; INTEGRATED OPTICS; NANOELECTRONICS; NANOPHOTONICS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASMONS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 80053485589     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2163931     Document Type: Article

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