Optical effects in artificial opals infiltrated with gold nanoparticles

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6182, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Comoretto, Davide ^a   Morandi, Valentina ^b   Marabelli, Franco ^b   Amendola, Vincenzo ^c   Meneghetti, Moreno ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial opals; Gold nanoparticles; Infiltrated opals; Photonic crystal

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; GOLD; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; POLYSTYRENES;

ARTIFICIAL OPALS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; INFILTRATED OPALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33747708203     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.662066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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