Evaluation of the limits of resonance tunability in metallic nanoshells with a spectral averaging method

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1288-1292

  Schelm, Stefan ^a   Smith, Geoff B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

METALLIC NANOSHELLS; SPECTRAL AVERAGING METHOD;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 22244433876     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.001288     Document Type: Article

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