Mapping surface plasmons on a single metallic nanoparticle

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 348-353

  Nelayah, Jaysen ^a   Kociak, Mathieu ^a   Stéphan, Odile ^a   De Abajo, F Javier García ^b   Tencé, Marcel ^a   Henrard, Luc ^c   Taverna, Dario ^a   Pastoriza Santos, Isabel ^d   Liz Marzán, Luis M ^d   Colliex, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT; PHOTOEXCITATION; PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

ALL-OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ENERGY-LOSS SPECTRUM; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONIC MODES; SINGLE NANOPARTICLE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34247898817     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys575     Document Type: Article

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