Optical characterization of plasmonic metallic nanostructures fabricated by high-resolution lithography

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Yokota, Yukie ^a   Ueno, Kosei ^a   Mizeikis, Vygantas ^a   Juodkazis, Saulius ^a   Sasaki, Keiji ^a   Misawa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Localized surface plasmons; Metalic nanoparticles; Noble metals; Optical antenna

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; FABRICATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONICS; PRECIOUS METALS; SUBSTRATES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN TECHNIQUE; HIGH RESOLUTION LITHOGRAPHY; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; OPTICAL ANTENNAE; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL EXTINCTION SPECTROSCOPY;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054918470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2832749     Document Type: Article

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