Hotspot-mediated ultrafast nonlinear control of multifrequency plasmonic nanoantennas

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Abb, Martina ^a   Wang, Yudong ^a   De Groot, C H ^a   Muskens, Otto L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; PLASMA; RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; EXCITATION; MODULATION; NANOANTENNA; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICAL DENSITY; OSCILLATION; POLARIZATION; REFRACTION INDEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84923312792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5869     Document Type: Article

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