RT Journal Article T1 Micro- and Nano-Antennas for Light Detection A1 Alda Serrano, Javier A1 Rico García, José María A1 López Alonso, José Manuel A1 Boreman, Glenn AB Antenna-coupled optical detectors, also named as optical antennas, are being developed as detection devices with micro- and nano-scale features for their use in the millimetre, infrared, and visible spectral range. They are optical components that couple the electromagnetic radiation in the visible and infrared wavelengths in the same way that radioelectric antennas do at the corresponding wavelengths. Optical antennas show polarization dependence, tuneability, and rapid time of response. They also can be considered as point detectors and directionally sensitive elements. So far, these detectors have been operated in the mid-infrared with positive results in the visible. The measurement and characterization of optical antennas requires the use of an experimental set-up with nanometric resolution. On the other hand, a computational simulation of the interaction between the material structures and the incoming electromagnetic radiation is needed to explore alternative designs of practical devices. In this contribution we will present the concept of optical and infrared antennas, and some experimental results of their performance, along with the experimental set-up arranged for their characterization in the visible PB Egyptian Society of Solid State Science & Applications SN 1012-5566 YR 2005 FD 2005 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51668 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51668 LA eng NO Acceso libre a la edición electrónica en la web del editor NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España) NO Consejería de Educación de la Comunidad de Madrid DS Docta Complutense RD 11 may 2025