Guided plasmonic modes in nanorod assemblies: Strong electromagnetic coupling regime

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 7460-7470

  Wurtz, G A ^a   Dickson, W ^a   O'Connor, D ^a   Atkinson, R ^a   Hendren, W ^a   Evans, P ^a   Pollard, R ^a   Zayats, A V ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL RANGE;

NANORODS;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANISOTROPY; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; OPTICS;

EID: 43849109333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.007460     Document Type: Article

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