Tuning optical responses of metallic dipole nanoantenna using graphene

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 31824-31829

  Ren, Xingang ^a   Sha, Wei E I ^a   Choy, Wallace C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; DISPERSIONS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PLASMONS;

DISPERSION RELATIONS; GRAPHENE SHEETS; METALLIC NANOANTENNA; METALLIC PLASMONICS; NEAR-FIELD DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL RESPONSE; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SINGLE RESONANCE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84891764849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.031824     Document Type: Article

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