Experimental measurement of surface plasmon resonance of pyramidal metal nanoparticle tips

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7033, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zou, Yanshu ^a   Crozier, Kenneth B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Pyramidal metal nanoparticle tip; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXPERIMENTS; FABRICATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; ION BOMBARDMENT; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASMONS; RESONANCE; SILICON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AND MODELING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; ENHANCED SCATTERINGS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; FOCUSED ION BEAM MILLINGS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; INCIDENT WAVELENGTHS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCES; METAL NANO PARTICLES; NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES; NEAR FIELDS; OPTICAL ANTENNAS; PYRAMIDAL METAL NANOPARTICLE TIP; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS; SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 56249126811     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.794740     Document Type: Conference Paper

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