Numerical investigation of field enhancement by metal nano-particles using a hybrid FDTD-PSTD algorithm

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 11433-11443

  Pernice, W H P ^a   Payne, F P ^a   Gallagher, D F G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Photon Design   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NANOPARTICLES; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FIELD ENHANCEMENT; GEOMETRY CONFORMING MESH; PSEUDO-SPECTRAL TIME-DOMAIN METHOD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 34548453183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.011433     Document Type: Article

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