Tuning the Dipolar Plasmon Hybridization of Multishell Metal-Dielectric Nanostructure: Gold Nanosphere in a Gold Nanoshell

Plasmonics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 527-534

  Jian, Zhu ^a   Jian jun, Li ^a   Jun wu, Zhao ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gold nanoshells; Local electric field; Multishells; Plasmon hybridization; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961168285     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-011-9232-5     Document Type: Article

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