Numerical study of optical and EELS response of coupled metallic nanoparticles

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8096, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Guillaume, Stéphane Olivier ^a   Geuquet, Nicolas ^a   Henrard, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coupling; DDA; EELS; Fano resonance; Localized plasmon; Nanorods

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; ELECTRON LOSS; FANO INTERFERENCE; FANO RESONANCES; GOLD NANOROD; LOCALIZED PLASMON; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC NANORODS; NANOSCALE LEVELS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PLASMON MODES; TRANSMISSION WINDOW;

DIMERS; ELECTRON BEAMS; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 80054080882     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.892893     Document Type: Conference Paper

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