Waveguide-coupled nanowire as an optical antenna

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2347-2355

  Arnaud, Laurent ^a   Bruyant, Aurélien ^a   Renault, Mikael ^a   Hadjar, Yassine ^a   Salas Montiel, Rafael ^a   Apuzzo, Aniello ^a   Lérondel, Gilles ^a   Morand, Alain ^b   Benech, Pierre ^b   Le Coarer, Etienne ^c   Blaize, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; GOLD; ION EXCHANGE; METAL IONS; POLARIZATION; WAVEGUIDES; WIRE;

HIGH SENSITIVITY; ION-EXCHANGED WAVEGUIDES; LOCALIZED PLASMON RESONANCE; OPTICAL ANTENNAE; OPTICAL COUPLINGS; SPECTRAL RANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TM POLARIZATION;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84887303218     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.30.002347     Document Type: Article

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