Near- and far-field optical properties of embedded scatters in AgO x-type super-resolution near-field structures

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Volumn 26, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Chu, Tai Chi ^a   Liu, Wei Chih ^b   Tsai, Din Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain method; Localized surface plasmon; Metallic nanoparticles; Near field optical probe; Super resolution near field structure

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION LIMITS; EMBEDDED SCATTERS; NEAR-FIELD STRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROBES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SCATTERING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL RECORDING;

NANOPARTICLE; SILVER DERIVATIVE; SILVER OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFRACTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MECHANICAL PROBE; OPTICAL ROTATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUPER RESOLUTION NEAR FIELD STRUCTURE METHOD; TECHNIQUE;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; OPTICAL SCATTERING;

EID: 6344279800     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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