Effect of particle properties and light polarization on the plasmonic resonances in metallic nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 17322-17338

  Guler, Urcan ^a   Turan, Rasit ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOGRAPHY; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; GLASS SUBSTRATES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; METAL TYPES; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NANO-SIZED GOLD; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PLASMONIC RESONANCES; REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS; SHAPE VARIATIONS; SUBSTRATE TYPES; SULFIDATION; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

SILVER;

GLASS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VIBRATION;

ELECTRONS; GLASS; GOLD; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VIBRATION;

EID: 77955607635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.017322     Document Type: Article

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