Microscale and nanoscale plasmonic light sources

Three candidates for micro- to nano-scale light sources for application in various forms of scanning probe optical microscopy are investigated and optimised. These are sharp gold tips, nano-apertures in patterned silver films and light emitting metal-insulator-metal tunnel junctions. A safe fabricat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feng, Lei
Published: Queen's University Belfast 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491883