Dispersion curves of complex third-order optical susceptibilities around the surface plasmon resonance in Ag nanocrystal-glass composites

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1227-1232

  Hamanaka, Yasushi ^c   Nakamura, Arao ^c   Hayashi, Nobuhiro ^a   Omi, Shigeaki ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOYA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DISPERSION CURVES;

GLASS;

EID: 0038239206     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001227     Document Type: Article

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