Vortex electron energy loss spectroscopy for near-field mapping of magnetic plasmons

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 15024-15034

  Mohammadi, Zeinab ^a   Van Vlack, Cole P ^b   Hughes, Stephen ^b   Bornemann, Jens ^a   Gordon, Reuven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GREEN'S FUNCTION; METAMATERIALS; PLASMONS; RING GAGES;

BEAM ELECTRON ENERGY; MAGNETIC RESPONSE; METAL NANOSTRUCTURE; PLASMON RESPONSE; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SPLITRING RESONATORS; SRR STRUCTURE;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84863767343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.015024     Document Type: Article

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