A combination of concave/convex surfaces for field-enhancement optimization: The indented nanocone

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 25201-25212

  García Etxarri, Aitzol ^a,b   Apell, Peter ^b,c   Käll, Mikael ^c   Aizpurua, Javier ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCAVE SURFACE; DESIGN STRATEGIES; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; IN-FIELD; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; METALLIC SURFACE; NANOANTENNAS; NANOCONE; NEAR FIELDS; NEAR-FIELD ENHANCEMENT; PLASMONIC; STRONG ENHANCEMENT;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

ANTENNAS;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; SILVER;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOPHYSICS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SILVER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84869057749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.025201     Document Type: Article

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