Near-field optical properties of silver nanocylinders arranged in a Pascal triangle

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 6872-6877

  Kumar, G V Pavan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); PLASMONS; SILVER;

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; BINOMIAL COEFFICIENTS; DIFFERENT SIZES; GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATION; NEAR-FIELD INTENSITY; PLASMONIC DEVICES; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; TM-POLARIZED PLANE WAVES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 78650662100     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.006872     Document Type: Article

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