Extreme sensitivity of the optical properties of metal nanostructures to minor variations in geometry is due to highly localized electromagnetic field modes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 676-682

  Goldys, Ewa M ^a   Calander, Nils ^a   Drozdowicz Tomsia, Krystyna ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN GEOMETRY; EDGE ROUNDING; METAL NANOSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL EXTINCTION; SHAPE VARIATIONS; SHARP EDGES; SILVER NANOSTRUCTURES; STRUCTURE GEOMETRY;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NANOSTRUCTURES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 78751672531     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1107679     Document Type: Article

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