TY - JOUR AU - Bharadwaj, Palash AU - Deutsch, Bradley AU - Novotny, Lukas PY - 2009 DA - 2009// TI - Optical Antennas T2 - Adv. Opt. Photon JO - Advances in Optics and Photonics SP - 438 EP - 483 VL - 1 KW - optical antennas AB - Optical antennas are an emerging concept in physical optics. Similar to radiowaveand microwave antennas, their purpose is to convert the energy of free propagating radiation to localized energy, and vice versa. Optical antennas exploit the unique properties of metal nanostructures, which behave as strongly coupled plasmas at ptical frequencies. The tutorial provides an account of the historical origins and the basic concepts and parameters associated with optical antennas. It also reviews recent work in the field and discusses areas of application, such as light-emitting devices, photovoltaics, and spectroscopy. N1 - exported from refbase (https://db.rplab.ru/refbase/show.php?record=754), last updated on Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:58:57 -0500 ID - Bharadwaj_etal2009 ER -