Optical interactions in a plasmonic particle coupled to a metallic film

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 9971-9981

  Lévêque, Gaëtan ^a   Martin, Olivier J F ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GOLD; PHOTONS; THIN FILMS;

IMAGE DIPOLE INTERPRETATION; MAGNETIC RESPONSE; QUADRUPOLAR MODES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 33750284677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009971     Document Type: Article

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