Dielectric resonator nanoantennas at visible frequencies

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1344-1352

  Zou, Longfang ^a   Withayachumnankul, Withawat ^a   Shah, Charan M ^b   Mitchell, Arnan ^b   Bhaskaran, Madhu ^b   Sriram, Sharath ^b   Fumeaux, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; RESONATORS;

BEAM DEFLECTION; DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNAS; DISPLACEMENT CURRENTS; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; FIELD INTERACTIONS; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; METAL SUBSTRATE; MONOLITHIC CIRCUITS; NANO SCALE; NANOANTENNAS; PLANAR STRUCTURE; RADIOFREQUENCY TECHNOLOGY; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS; VISIBLE FREQUENCIES;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 84872698799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.001344     Document Type: Article

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