EELS and optical response of a noble metal nanoparticle in the frame of a discrete dipole approximation

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1075-1080

  Geuquet, Nicolas ^a   Henrard, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Discrete dipole approximation; EELS; Numerical simulations; Optical properties; Silver nanoprism; Surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; EELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PLASMONS; PRECIOUS METALS; SILVER;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; POLARIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77955516232     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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