Simulating electromagnetic response in coupled metallic nanoparticles for nanoscale optical microscopy and spectroscopy: N nanorod-end effects

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6323, Issue , 2006, Pages

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

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

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Metallic nanoparticles; Nanorods; Nanowires; SERS; Surface enhanced spectroscopy; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELECTRONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOWIRES; SERS; SURFACE ENHANCED SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33751360309     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.680701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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