Complex modes and effective refractive index in 3D periodic arrays of plasmonic nanospheres

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 26027-26043

  Campione, Salvatore ^a   Steshenko, Sergiy ^b,c   Albani, Matteo ^b   Capolino, Filippo ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c A USIKOV INSTITUTE OF RADIO PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODAL ANALYSIS; NANOSPHERES; PLASMONS; POLARIZATION;

EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; HOMOGENIZATION PROCEDURE; LONGITUDINAL MODES; MAXWELL-GARNETT THEORY; PERIODIC GREEN'S FUNCTION; RETRIEVAL METHODS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TRANSVERSE POLARIZATION;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

NANOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSPHERES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84555163549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.026027     Document Type: Article

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