Superenhanced three-dimensional confinement of light by compound metal-dielectric microspheres

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 16981-16991

  Ku, Yulong ^a   Kuang, Cuifang ^a   Hao, Xiang ^a   Xue, Yi ^a   Li, Haifeng ^a   Liu, Xu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AXIAL DIRECTION; DIELECTRIC MICROSPHERES; EFFECTIVE VOLUME; HOTSPOTS; PEAK INTENSITY; PHOTONIC NANOJETS; RADIALLY POLARIZED BEAM; REAR SIDE; STRONG CONFINEMENT; STRONG FOCUSING; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SURFACE PLASMONS; TRANSVERSAL DIRECTIONS;

MICROSPHERES;

EID: 84864131924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.016981     Document Type: Article

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