A numerical investigation of the effect of vertex geometry on localized surface plasmon resonance of nanostructures

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 843-853

  Ma, W Y ^a   Yang, H ^a   Hilton, J P ^b   Lin, Q ^b   Liu, J Y ^a   Huang, L X ^a   Yao, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND ELECTRONICS   (China)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS;

ANGULAR SIZES; BLUE SHIFT; FIGURE OF MERIT; GEOMETRIC FEATURE; INCIDENT LIGHT; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; NANO-METER-SCALE; NANO-SCALE MEASUREMENTS; NANOFABRICATION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RESONANT WAVELENGTHS; SENSING PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; TURNING POINTS; VERTEX ANGLE; VERTEX GEOMETRY;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 75249083901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.000843     Document Type: Article

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