Light scattering by a nanoparticle and a dipole placed near a dielectric surface covered by a thin metallic film

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 13796-13804

  Geshev, Pavel I ^a   Fischer, Ulrich C ^b   Fuchs, Harald ^b  

^a NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NANOPARTICLES; THIN FILMS;

AXIAL SYMMETRY; DIELECTRIC SURFACE; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; THIN METALLIC FILM;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 35349014758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.013796     Document Type: Article

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