Spiral plasmonic nanoantennas as circular polarization transmission filters

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1308-1319

  Bachman, K A ^a   Peltzer, J J ^a   Flammer, P D ^a   Furtak, T E ^a   Collins, R T ^a   Hollingsworth, R E ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b ITN ENERGY SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; DICHROISM; METAMATERIALS; PLASMONS; SPIRAL ANTENNAS;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION STATE; EXTINCTION RATIOS; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; MICROPOLARIZERS; NANOANTENNAS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC METAMATERIALS; POLARIZATION-SELECTIVITY; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; STOKES VECTOR; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURES; TRANSMISSION FILTERS;

POLARIZATION;

GOLD; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GOLD; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84855932276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.001308     Document Type: Article

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