Universal scaling of local plasmons in chains of metal spheres

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 7528-7542

  Arnold, Matthew D ^a   Blaber, Martin G ^a   Ford, Michael J ^a   Harris, Nadine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GOLD; PERMITTIVITY; PLASMONS;

ELECTROSTATIC SURFACES; GEOMETRIC FACTORS; LOCALIZED PLASMONS; PERMITTIVITY CHANGE; RADIATIVE DAMPING; UNIVERSAL PARAMETERS; UNIVERSAL SCALING; VECTOR SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

SPHERES;

EID: 77950252348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.007528     Document Type: Article

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