Three-dimensional analysis of surface plasmon resonance modes on a gold nanorod

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 617-622

  Chau, Yuan Fong ^a   Chen, Min Wei ^b   Tsai, Din Ping ^b  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GOLD; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

GOLD NANOROD; NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL IMAGES; OPTICAL IMAGE; OSCILLATORY PATTERNS; PLASMON MODES; SURFACE OPTICAL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 61349173116     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.000617     Document Type: Article

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