Graphene-coated tapered nanowire infrared probe: A comparison with metal-coated probes

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 24096-24103

  Zhu, Bofeng ^a   Ren, Guobin ^a   Gao, Yixiao ^a   Yang, Yang ^b   Lian, Yudong ^a   Jian, Shuisheng ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; METAL COATINGS; NANOWIRES; NUMERICAL METHODS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

ADIABATIC APPROXIMATIONS; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CHARACTERISTIC EQUATION; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; INFRARED PROBES; NANOMANIPULATIONS; SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION;

PROBES;

EID: 84907703583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.024096     Document Type: Article

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