Analyzing the scattering properties of coupled metallic nanoparticles

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1761-1768

  Rockstuhl, Carsten ^a   Salt, Martin Guy ^a   Herzig, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COUPLED METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SYSTEMS; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS; SCATTERERS; SCATTERING PROPERTIES;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 4544227321     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.001761     Document Type: Article

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