Evanescent signal detection and enhanced resolution with random silver nanoparticles

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Volumn 26, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Liu, Wei Chih ^a   Tsai, Din Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain method; Localized surface plasmon; Metallic nanoparticles; Near field optical probe

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILVER; THIN FILMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIFFRACTION LIMITS; EVANESCENT WAVES; OPTICAL STRUCTURES; RANDOM SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

GLASS; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

CALCULATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFRACTION; FILM; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GRATING; MECHANICAL PROBE; OPTICAL ROTATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

DIFFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; SIGNALS; SILVER; SIMULATION; THIN FILMS;

EID: 6344266852     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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