Comparison of FDTD numerical computations and analytical multipole expansion method for plasmonics-active nanosphere dimers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 9688-9703

  Dhawan, Anuj ^a,b   Norton, Stephen J ^b   Gerhold, Michael D ^a,b   Vo Dinh, Tuan ^b,c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIMERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GOLD; INFRARED DEVICES; METALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL EVALUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FINITE -DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS (FDTD); METALLIC NANOSPHERES; MULTIPOLE EXPANSION METHODS; MULTIPOLE EXPANSIONS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTRAL; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS;

NANOSPHERES;

NANOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSPHERES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 66849132414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.009688     Document Type: Article

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