Rigorous modal analysis of metallic nanowire chains

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 13561-13575

  Hochman, Amit ^a   Leviatan, Yehuda ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; DISPERSION (WAVES); MODAL ANALYSIS;

COMPLEX PROPAGATION CONSTANTS; DISPERSION CURVES; DISPERSION EQUATIONS; FULL WAVES; METALLIC NANOWIRES; MODE PROFILES; PERIODIC GREEN'S FUNCTION; SOURCE-MODEL TECHNIQUE;

NANOWIRES;

METAL; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTUBES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 68349158828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013561     Document Type: Article

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