Optimisation of absorption efficiency for varying dielectric spherical nanoparticles

Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICONN

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 556-559

  Blaber, Martin G ^a   Harris, Nadine ^a   Ford, Michael J ^a   Cortie, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absorption efficiency; Au; K; Nanoparticle; Plasmon

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; LIGHT METALS; LITHIUM; METALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCIES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MIE THEORY; NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY (NST); NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION (OA); OPTIMISATION; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES; TRANSITION (JEL CLASSIFICATIONS:E52 ,E41 ,E31);

NANOSCIENCE;

EID: 48749122831     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICONN.2006.340677     Document Type: Conference Paper

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