Schottky-contact plasmonic dipole rectenna concept for biosensing

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 4328-4347

  Alavirad, Mohammad ^a   Mousavi, Saba Siadat ^b   Roy, Langis ^a   Berini, Pierre ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; NANOWIRES; PHOTODETECTORS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

AU NANOWIRES; BIOSENSING; NANOANTENNAS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; PHOTO DETECTION; PLASMONIC; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; RECTENNA CONCEPT; SCHOTTKY-CONTACT; SILICON-BASED; SUPPORTING SURFACES; SURFACE SENSITIVITY; TRANSMISSION LINE MODELS;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84874520146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.004328     Document Type: Article

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