Dielectric antennas - A suitable platform for controlling magnetic dipolar emission

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 13636-13650

  Schmidt, M K ^a   Esteban, R ^a   Saenz J J ^a,b   Suarez Lacalle I ^b   Mackowski, S ^c   Aizpurua, J ^a  

^a DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; NANOPHOTONICS; PLASMONS;

COMPLEMENTARY SYSTEMS; DIELECTRIC ANTENNA; DIELECTRIC SPHERES; DIPOLAR EMISSIONS; ELECTRIC SYSTEMS; HIGH-INDEX; MAGNETIC ACTIVITY; MAGNETIC ELEMENTS; MAGNETIC NATURE; MAGNETIC SYSTEM; NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE;

ANTENNAS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84863772439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.013636     Document Type: Article

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