Controlling the plasmon resonance wavelength in metal-coated probe using refractive index modification

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 6509-6518

  Taguchi, Atsushi ^a   Hayazawa, Norihiko ^a,b   Saito, Yuika ^c   Ishitobi, Hidekazu ^a   Tarun, Alvarado ^a   Kawata, Satoshi ^a,b,c  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL COATINGS; METALS; PLASMONS; PROBES; RESONANCE; SILICON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

METALLIC LAYERS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; PLASMON RESONANCES; RAMAN EXCITATION; REFRACTIVE-INDEX MODIFICATION; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; THERMAL OXIDIZATION; TIP-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; METALS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 65549148512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.006509     Document Type: Article

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