Optical performance and metallic absorption in nanoplasmonic systems

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3835-3847

  Arnold, Matthew D ^a   Blaber, Martin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ELECTRONS; PERMITTIVITY; RESONANCE; SILVER;

ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; IMAGINARY PARTS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; NEGATIVE PERMITTIVITY; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE; STRONG DAMPING;

METALS;

EID: 61549094711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.003835     Document Type: Article

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