Optical properties of single plasmonic holes probed with local electron beam excitation

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 7350-7358

  Coenen, Toon ^a   Polman, Albert ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cathodoluminescence spectroscopy; directionality; electron beam; magnetic electric dipole emission; nanoholes; plasmonic apertures

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; DIPOLE EMISSION; DIRECTIONALITY; NANOHOLES; PLASMONIC APERTURES;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

EID: 84904727660     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn502469r     Document Type: Article

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