Efficient absorption of visible radiation by gap plasmon resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 13311-13319

  Nielsen, Michael G ^a   Pors, Anders ^b   Albrektsen, Ole ^a   Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESONATORS;

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; BROADBAND ABSORPTION; ENHANCED LOCAL FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GAP PLASMON; PERIODIC ARRAYS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; REFLECTION SPECTRA; RESONANT EXCITATION; SURFACE PLASMONS; TWO PHOTON; UNPOLARIZED LIGHT; VISIBLE-WAVELENGTH RANGE;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84863743710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.013311     Document Type: Article

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