Study of the relaxation of collective electronic excitations in metallic nanoparticles

Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal)

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 361-365

  Bonch Bruevich, A M ^a   Vartanyan, T A ^a   Nikolaev, S D ^a   Przhibel'skii S G ^a   Starobogatov, I O ^a   Khromov, V V ^a  

^a VAVILOV STATE OPTICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; INCOHERENT SCATTERING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PLASMONS;

ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; EXCITING RADIATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; LINEAR ABSORPTION SPECTRA; LOCALIZED PLASMONS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; SMALL METALLIC PARTICLES; THERMAL SPUTTERING;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 59049107481     PISSN: 10709762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOT.71.000361     Document Type: Conference Paper

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