FDTD for plasmonics: Applications in enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2635-2642

  Yang, Zhi Lin ^a   Li, Qian Hong ^a   Ruan, Fang Xiong ^a   Li, Zhi Peng ^b   Ren, Bin ^a   Xu, Hong Xing ^b   Tian, Zhong Qun ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

FDTD; plasmonics; SERS; TERS

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955831620     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4044-0     Document Type: Article

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