Optically resonant magneto-electric cubic nanoantennas for ultra-directional light scattering

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Sikdar, Debabrata ^a   Cheng, Wenlong ^a,b   Premaratne, Malin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE CENTRE FOR NANOFABRICATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NANOANTENNAS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AZIMUTHAL SYMMETRIES; BACKWARD SCATTERING; DIELECTRIC NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL COEFFICIENTS; OPTICALLY INDUCED; SCATTERING PATTERN; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

FORWARD SCATTERING;

EID: 84923869769     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4907536     Document Type: Article

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