Observation of near-field dipolar interactions involved in a metal nanoparticle chain waveguide

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1000-1006

  Apuzzo, A ^a   Fevrier M ^a   Salas Montiel, R ^a   Bruyant, A ^a   Chelnokov, A ^b   Lerondel G ^a   Dagens, B ^c,d   Blaize, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

integrated optics; localized surface plasmon; Optical near field microscopy; plasmonics; silicon photonics; surface plasmon polariton

Indexed keywords

LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; OPTICAL NEAR-FIELD MICROSCOPIES; PLASMONICS; SILICON PHOTONICS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MAPPING; MAPS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPHOTONICS; PHOTONICS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEGUIDES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84875000875     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl304164y     Document Type: Article

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