The phase-response effect of size-dependent optical enhancement in a single nanoparticle

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 9580-9586

  Huang, Chen Han ^a   Lin, Hsing Ying ^a   Lin, Cheng Hsiang ^a   Chui, Hsiang Chen ^a   Lan, Yun Chiang ^a   Chu, Shi Wei ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PLASMONS;

EFFECT OF SIZES; OPTICAL ENHANCEMENTS; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE NANOPARTICLE; SINGLE PARTICLE; SIZE DEPENDENT; SURFACE PLASMONS;

SILVER;

NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING PROBE; NANOPARTICLES; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 46149102944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.009580     Document Type: Article

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