Controlling terahertz radiation with nanoscale metal barriers embedded in nano slot antennas

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 8340-8345

  Park, Hyeong Ryeol ^a   Bahk, Young Mi ^a   Ahn, Kwang Jun ^a   Park, Q Han ^b   Kim, Dai Sik ^a   Martín Moreno, Luis ^c   García Vidal, Francisco J ^d   Bravo Abad, Jorge ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

nanoparticle detection; paired antenna; subskin depth barrier; terahertz nano slot antenna; terahertz spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AIR-GAPS; COUPLING STRENGTHS; LENGTH SCALE; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE METALS; NEAR-FIELD COUPLING; PAIRED ANTENNA; PHYSICAL PICTURES; RESONANT MODE; SUBSKIN DEPTH BARRIER; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODELING; TRANSITION STATE;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 80054976664     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2031885     Document Type: Article

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