Light coupling and enhanced backscattering in layered plasmonic nanocomposites

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1335-1343

  Deparis, Olivier ^a   Beresna, Martynas ^b   Vandenbem, Cédric ^a   Kazansky, Peter G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASMONS; REFLECTION; SOL-GELS; SUBSTRATES; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

ADSORPTION OF WATER VAPORS; ENHANCED BACKSCATTERING OF LIGHTS; ENHANCED BACKSCATTERINGS; PARTICLE ARRANGEMENTS; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SODA LIME GLASS SUBSTRATE; SPECULAR REFLECTANCE;

BACKSCATTERING;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GOLD; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 78751534827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.001335     Document Type: Article

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