Title :
Gap-dependent optical coupling of single "bowtie" nanoantennas in the visible
Author :
Fromm, David P. ; Schuck, P. James ; Moerner, W.E. ; Sundaramurthy, Arvind ; Crozier, Ken ; Kino, Gordon
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem., Stanford Univ., CA
Abstract :
We have fabricated isolated, nanometer-sized "bowtie" metallic antennas and measured their resonant visible scattering spectra. Strong coupling is observed and is dependent on bowtie gap size, which can be qualitatively explained with multiple dipole interactions
Keywords :
antenna theory; dipole coupling; light scattering; nanoparticles; nanotechnology; visible spectra; Au; gap-dependent optical coupling; multiple dipole interactions; nanometer-sized bowtie metallic antennas; resonant visible scattering spectra;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
