Large optical birefringence by anisotropic silver nanocomposites

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 710-717

  Reyes Esqueda, Jorge Alejandro ^a   Torres Torres, Carlos ^a   Cheang Wong, Juan Carlos ^a   Crespo Sosa, Alejandro ^a   Rodríguez Fernández, Luis ^a   Noguez, Cecilia ^a   Oliver, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SILICA; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVELENGTH;

ANISOTROPIC AXIS; OPTICAL BIREFRINGENCE; PARALLEL POLARIZERS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

NANOMATERIAL; SILVER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SILVER;

EID: 38849086194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.000710     Document Type: Article

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