Ultrafast pump-probe surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy of thin gold films

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2535-2539

  Devizis A ^a   Vaicikauskas V ^a   Gulbinas, V ^a  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GOLD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; THIN FILMS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

KRETSCHMANN GEOMETRY; THIN GOLD FILMS; ULTRAFAST PUMP-PROBE SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 33744481804     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.002535     Document Type: Article

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