Field enhancement at metallic interfaces due to quantum confinement

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Öztürk, Z Fatih ^a,b   Xiao, Sanshui ^a   Yan, Min ^a,c   Wubs, Martijn ^a   Jauho, Antti Pekka ^a,d   Mortensen, N Asger ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

field enhancement; Friedel oscillations; nanoplasmonics; zero epsilon phenomena

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON GAS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC DISPLACEMENT VECTORS; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FRIEDEL OSCILLATIONS; NANOPLASMONICS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TOTAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; ZERO-EPSILON PHENOMENA;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 80053926640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3574159     Document Type: Article

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