Broadband and broadangle SPP antennas based on plasmonic crystals with linear chirp

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bouillard, J S ^a   Vilain, S ^b   Dickson, W ^a   Wurtz, G A ^a   Zayats, A V ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GOLD; LIGHT; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84870803309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00829     Document Type: Article

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