Surface plasmon enhancement in gold nanoparticles in the presence of an optical gain medium: An analysis

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 42, 2011, Pages

  Sathiyamoorthy, K ^a   Sreekanth, K V ^a   Sidharthan, R ^a   Murukeshan, V M ^a   Xing, Bengang ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; GAIN MEDIUM; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; PLASMONIC; PUMP-PROBE; SURFACE PLASMON ENHANCEMENT; THRESHOLD POWER;

GOLD; PLASMONS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 80055068402     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/44/42/425102     Document Type: Article

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