Far-field optical coupling to semi-infinite metal-nanoparticle chains

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 937-944

  Citrin, David S ^a,b   Wang, Yi ^c   Zhou, Zhiping ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; NANOPARTICLES; PRECIOUS METALS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

EXTERNAL RADIATION; INFINITE CHAINS; MODE MATCHING; NANOPARTICLE CHAINS; OPTICAL COUPLINGS; SEMI-INFINITE METALS; STRONG COUPLING; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 50449095642     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000937     Document Type: Article

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