Plasmonic mode converter for controlling optical impedance and nanoscale light-matter interaction

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 20342-20355

  Hung, Yun Ting ^a   Huang, Chen Bin ^a   Huang, Jer Shing ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WIRE;

CROSS SECTION; GUIDED MODES; IMPEDANCE MATCH; INDEX OF REFRACTION; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; MODE CONVERSIONS; MODE CONVERTER; MULTIPLE FUNCTION; NANO SCALE; NANOANTENNAS; NANOCIRCUITS; NEAR-FIELD COUPLING; OPTICAL MODES; PATH LENGTH; PLASMONIC; PROPAGATION PROPERTIES; QUANTUM SYSTEM; SURFACE PLASMONS;

PLASMONS;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84865730276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.020342     Document Type: Article

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