Optical response of linear chains of metal nanospheres and nanospheroids

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2767-2775

  Norton, Stephen J ^a   Vo Dinh, Tuan ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; NANOSPHERES; SILVER;

ADDITION THEOREMS; FIELD ENHANCEMENTS; LINEAR CHAINS; METAL NANOSPHERES; MULTIPOLE EXPANSIONS; NANO-SPHEROIDS; OPTICAL RESPONSE; PLASMON RESONANCES; SEMI-ANALYTICAL METHODS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

SPHERES;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOSPHERE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSPHERES; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 59049092801     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.002767     Document Type: Article

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