Deep subwavelength plasmonic whisperinggallerymode cavity

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 24918-24924

  Kwon, Soon Hong ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; CAVITY MODE; DIELECTRIC DISKS; FREE-SPACE WAVELENGTHS; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; MODE VOLUME; NANOMETER THICKNESS; PLASMONIC; PURCELL FACTOR; RESONANT WAVELENGTHS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84868261351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.024918     Document Type: Article

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