Interference, coupling, and nonlinear control of high-order modes in single asymmetric nanoantennas

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 6462-6470

  Abb, Martina ^a   Wang, Yudong ^a   Albella, Pablo ^b   De Groot, C H ^a   Aizpurua, Javier ^b   Muskens, Otto L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

asymmetric dimmer; Fano resonance; figure of merit; nanoantenna; nonlinear response; plasmon

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC DIMMER; FANO RESONANCES; FIGURE OF MERITS; NANOANTENNAS; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE;

NANORODS; PLASMONS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84864268958     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3021579     Document Type: Article

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