Plasmonic field enhancement and SERS in the effective mode volume picture

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1957-1964

  Maier, Stefan A ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFRACTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HETEROJUNCTIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIELECTRIC GAPS; METAL HETEROSTRUCTURES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON EXCITATIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 33644813069     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.001957     Document Type: Article

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