Dispersion and extinction of surface plasmons in an array of gold nanoparticle chains: Influence of the air/glass interface

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 8570-8580

  Yang, Tian ^a   Crozier, Kenneth B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SELF ASSEMBLY;

DIPOLE FIELDS; DISPERSION RELATIONS; EXTINCTION PROPERTIES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LARGE DISPERSION; PLANE WAVE EXCITATION; SURFACE PLASMONS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

GLASS; GOLD;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLASS; GOLD; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 45449086735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008570     Document Type: Article

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