Polarization switchable diffraction based on subwavelength plasmonic nanoantennas

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 294-298

  Montelongo, Yunuen ^a   Tenorio Pearl, Jaime O ^a   Milne, William I ^a,b   Wilkinson, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

diffraction; holography; nanoantenna; Plasmonics; polarization; switching

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HOLOGRAPHY; METAMATERIAL ANTENNAS; PLASMONS; POLARIZATION; SWITCHING;

NANOANTENNA; PLASMONICS; POLARIZATION HOLOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION SWITCHABLE; RADIATED FIELD; SUB-WAVELENGTH; VISIBLE DIFFRACTIONS;

NANOANTENNAS;

EID: 84892144398     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl4039967     Document Type: Article

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