RESEARCH ARTICLE Optical antennas and plasmonics
Year: 2009
Type: preprint
Abstract: Optical antenna is a nanoscale miniaturization of radio or microwave antennas that is also governed by the rule of plasmonics. We introduce various types of optical antenna and make an overview of recent developments in optical antenna research. The role of local and surface plasmons in optical antenna is explained through antenna resonance and resonance conditions for specific metal structures are explicitly obtained. Strong electric field is shown to exist within a highly localized region of optical antennas such as antenna feed gap or apertures. We describe physical properties of field enhancement in apertures(circular and rectangular holes) and gaps(infinite slit and feed gap), as well as experimental techniques measuring enhanced electric vector field. We discuss about analogies and differences between conventional and optical antennas with a projection of future developments.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: Q‐Han Park
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2184183488