Effect of radiation damping on the spectral response of plasmonic components

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 21748-21753

  Kats, Mikhail A ^a   Yu, Nanfang ^a   Genevet, Patrice ^a,b   Gaburro, Zeno ^a,c   Capasso, Federico ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANTENNAS; DAMPING; RADIATION;

AT-WAVELENGTH; FAR-FIELD; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; LINEAR OPTICAL; NEAR-FIELD; NEAR-FIELD ENHANCEMENT; OSCILLATOR MODEL; PHASE RESPONSE; PLASMONIC; RADIATION DAMPING; RADIATIVE DAMPING; RED-SHIFTED; SCATTERING SPECTRA; SPECTRAL FEATURE; SPECTRAL RESPONSE;

PLASMONS;

EID: 80054959969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.021748     Document Type: Article

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