Linear and nonlinear optical responses influenced by broken symmetry in an array of gold nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 5418-5423

  Canfield, Brian K ^a   Kujala, Sami ^a   Jefimovs, Konstantins ^b   Turunen, Jari ^b   Kauranen, Martti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES; TENSORS;

CONDENSED MATTER; DIPOLE COUPLINGS; NANODESIGN; PLASMON DEPHASING;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 10444253977     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005418     Document Type: Article

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