Enhanced optical absorption and electric field resonance in diabolo metal bar optical antennas

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 32491-32500

  Pan, Zeyu ^a   Guo, Junpeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FUNDAMENTAL RESONANCE; NEAR-FIELD ENHANCEMENT; OPTICAL ANTENNAS; RESONANT WAVELENGTHS; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INDUCTANCE; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); RESONANCE;

BARS (METAL);

EID: 84891823149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.032491     Document Type: Article

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