Resonant SPP modes supported by discrete metal nanoparticles on high-index substrates

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 102, 2011, Pages A146-A156

  Beck, F ^a,c   Verhagen, E ^b,d   Mokkapati, S ^a   Polman, A ^b   Catchpole, K R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^c ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; NANOPARTICLES; RESONANCE; SCATTERING; SUBSTRATES;

AG NANOPARTICLE; ENHANCED SCATTERING; GEOMETRIC RESONANCE; HIGH-INDEX SUBSTRATES; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LONG-WAVELENGTH RESONANCE; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; RESONANT MODE; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

SILVER;

EID: 79959902291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A146     Document Type: Article

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