Optimal Dimensions of Gold Nanorod for Plasmonic Nanosensors

Plasmonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-169

  Sekhon, Jagmeet Singh ^a   Verma, S S ^a  

^a SANT LONGOWAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Figure of merit (FOM); Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR); Modified figure of merit (MFOM); Quality factor; Refractive index sensitivity; Resonant line width

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953024020     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-010-9182-3     Document Type: Article

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