Plasmons in nearly touching metallic nanoparticles: Singular response in the limit of touching dimers

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 9988-9999

  Romero, Isabel ^a   Aizpurua, Javier ^a   Bryant, Garnett W ^b   García de Abajo, F Javier ^a,c  

^a DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMERS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; SENSORS;

INTERPARTICLE GAP; METALLIC NANOPARTICLE DIMERS; PARTICLE SEPARATION; TOUCHING DIMERS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33750349041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009988     Document Type: Article

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