Plasmon polaritons in metal nanostructures: The optoelectronic route to nanotechnology

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-224

  Salerno, M ^a   Krenn, J R ^a   Lamprecht, B ^a   Schider, G ^a   Ditlbacher, H ^a   Felidj N ^b   Leitner, A ^a   Aussenegg, F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Nanodevices; Nanoparticles; Nanowires; Noble metals; Optoelectronics; Photonics; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042152627     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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