Nano-polarization-converter based on magnetic plasmon resonance excitation in an L-shaped slot antenna

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 7934-7942

  Yang, Jing ^a   Zhang, Jiasen ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION; WAVELENGTH;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; FIRST-ORDER; GOLD FILM; L-SHAPED SLOT; LARGE WAVELENGTH RANGE; MAGNETIC PLASMON RESONANCES; PHASE RETARDATION; SECOND ORDERS;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MAGNETISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84876008800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.007934     Document Type: Article

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