Comparison of numerical methods in near-field computation for metallic nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 8939-8953

  Karamehmedovic, Mirza ^a   Schuh, Roman ^a   Schmidt, Vladimir ^a   Wriedt, Thomas ^a   Matyssek, Christian ^b,c   Hergert, Wolfram ^b   Stalmashonak, Andrei ^b,d   Seifert, Gerhard ^b   Stranik, Ondrej ^e  

^a STIFTUNG INSTITUT FÜR WERKSTOFFTECHNIK   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^d Martin Luther University Halle Institute of Physics ^*  (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GLASS; GLASS LASERS; NANOPARTICLES; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD SOLVER; FREQUENCY RANGES; IMAGINARY PARTS; LASER INDUCED; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NEAR-FIELD; SCATTERING EFFICIENCY; SHAPE TRANSFORMATION; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER;

NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

MATERIALS TESTING; NANOPARTICLES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILVER;

EID: 79955421131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.008939     Document Type: Article

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