FDTD modelling of gold nanoparticle pairs in a nematic liquid crystal cell

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 41, 2010, Pages

  Dridi, Montacer ^a   Vial, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD DIMERS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; NARROW RESONANCES; NEAR-FIELD; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; OPTICAL AXIS; PLASMON RESONANCES; SPECTRAL TUNABILITY;

EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 78249236184     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/41/415102     Document Type: Article

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