Enhanced broadband absorption in gold by plasmonic tapered coaxial holes

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 32233-32244

  Mo, Lei ^a,b   Yang, Liu ^a,c   Nadzeyka, Achim ^d   Bauerdick, Sven ^d   He, Sailing ^a,e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

^d Raith GmbH   (Germany)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GOLD; ION BEAMS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BROADBAND ABSORPTION; FOCUSED ION BEAM MILLING; GAP SURFACE PLASMONS; LONG-WAVELENGTH-RANGE; POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY; STRONG SCATTERINGS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; STRUCTURAL SYMMETRY;

SURFACE PLASMONS;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOPORE; PROCEDURES; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABSORPTION, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GOLD; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPORES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84920124265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.032233     Document Type: Article

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