Energy transport in metal nanoparticle chains via sub-radiant plasmon modes

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 6450-6461

  Willingham, Britain ^a   Link, Stephan ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLIDS;

AG NANOPARTICLE; DIPOLE MODE; EFFICIENT ENERGY TRANSFER; ENERGY TRANSPORT; FINITE CHAINS; INTER-PARTICLE SEPARATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL SPECTRA; PLASMON MODES; RADIATIVE LOSS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

SILVER;

METAL; NANOPARTICLE;

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

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOPARTICLES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 79953166834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.006450     Document Type: Article

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