Plasmon spectra of nanospheres under a tightly focused beam

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 651-658

  Mojarad, Nassiredin M ^a   Sandoghdar, Vahid ^a   Agio, Mario ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICS;

FOCUSED BEAMS; GOLD AND SILVER; HIGHER ORDER RESONANCES; MULTIPOLE EXPANSIONS; NEAR-FIELD ENHANCEMENT; OPTICAL RESPONSE; QUADRUPOLES; SCATTERING PROBLEMS;

NANOSPHERES;

EID: 49049107729     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000651     Document Type: Article

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