Enhanced second-harmonic generation from double resonant plasmonic antennae

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 12860-12865

  Thyagarajan, Krishnan ^a   Rivier, Simon ^a   Lovera, Andrea ^a   Martin, Olivier J F ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMONS;

ANTENNA GEOMETRY; DOUBLED FREQUENCIES; FAR-FIELD; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; HOT SPOT; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; PLASMONIC; RE-EMISSION; RESONANT ANTENNAS; SECOND-HARMONIC; SPATIAL OVERLAP; TWO GAPS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84863762584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.012860     Document Type: Article

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