Deep subwavelength spatial characterization of angular emission from single-crystal au plasmonic ridge nanoantennas

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1742-1750

  Coenen, Toon ^a   Vesseur, Ernst Jan R ^a   Polman, Albert ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cathodoluminescence spectroscopy; directional emission; electron beam; Fourier microscopy; nanoantennas; point dipole emitter; surface plasmon polaritons

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; DIRECTIONAL EMISSION; FOURIER; NANOANTENNAS; POINT-DIPOLE EMITTER; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; PLASMONS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 84857772266     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204750d     Document Type: Article

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