An investigation of terahertz particle plasmons: Affect of particle size on the transparency of a metallic particle ensemble

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 659-666

  Straatsma, Cameron J E ^a   Startsev, Michael A ^a   Elezzabi, Abdulhakem Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain; Particle plasmons; Terahertz; Terahertz time domain spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EXCITED PARTICLES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; MEAN DIAMETER; MEAN PARTICLE DIAMETER; METALLIC PARTICLES; METALLIC SPHERES; PARTICLE PLASMONS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; THZ RADIATION;

DECAY (ORGANIC); FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PLASMONS; REFLECTOMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; TERAHERTZ WAVES; TRANSPARENCY;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77954565233     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-010-9623-2     Document Type: Article

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