Single-Element Nanoantennas for Ultradirective Emission

In this report we discuss the possibility of obtaining directional emission through the near-field interference of simultaneously driven electric and magnetic dipole moments in a nanoantenna. Further we discuss which phase relationships are necessary to obtain a high directivity and which geometries...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Saggau, Christian Niclaas
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099.1/24220
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2099.1/24220
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:multipole interference
nanoantennas
directivity
mie theory
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Sumario:In this report we discuss the possibility of obtaining directional emission through the near-field interference of simultaneously driven electric and magnetic dipole moments in a nanoantenna. Further we discuss which phase relationships are necessary to obtain a high directivity and which geometries are able to meet these requirements. We investigated these geometries with a commercial FDTD - suite and used the recorded electromagnetic fields to model their scattering properties with Mie theory. This enabled us to calculate the spectral dependence of the scattering cross - section of every multipole component up to the octupole for any scatterer.