Surface plasmon resonance of metal nanoparticles sandwiched between dielectric layers: Theoretical modelling

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 778-785

  Protopapa, Maria L ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FILMS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FILMS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; METALS; MULTILAYERS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DIELECTRIC MATRIXES; EMBEDDED METAL NANOPARTICLES; GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; QUALITATIVE INFORMATION; SUCCESSIVE DEPOSITIONS; THEORETICAL MODELLING; THREE-LAYER STRUCTURES;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 61449228440     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.000778     Document Type: Conference Paper

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