Volume integral equation analysis of surface plasmon resonance of nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 18200-18208

  Ewe, Wei Bin ^a   Chu, Hong Son ^a   Li, Er Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD INTERACTIONS; INCIDENT FIELDS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; VECTOR BASIS FUNCTIONS;

NANOPARTICLES;

NANOPARTICLE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOPARTICLES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 37549057029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.018200     Document Type: Article

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