Multi-scheme approach for efficient surface plasmon polariton generation in metallic conical tips on AFM-based cantilevers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 22268-22279

  De Angelis, F ^a   Proietti Zaccaria, R ^a   Francardi, M ^b,c   Liberale, C ^a   Di Fabrizio, E ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; PARTICLE OPTICS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

AFM CANTILEVERS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENT SURFACE; RADIAL POLARIZATION; SURFACE ELECTRIC FIELDS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

NANOCANTILEVERS;

METAL; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRICITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRICITY; LASERS; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 80054926475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.022268     Document Type: Article

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