Coherent molecular resonances in quantum dotmetallic nanoparticle systems: Coherent self-renormalization and structural effects

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Hatef, Ali ^a   Sadeghi, S M ^b   Singh, Mahi R ^c  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING PROCESS; DEVICE APPLICATION; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; LASER FIELDS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR RESONANCES; NANOPARTICLE SYSTEMS; OPTICAL SWITCHING; PLASMONIC; QUANTUM COHERENCE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE DECAY RATES; RENORMALIZATION; SIZE AND SHAPE; STRUCTURAL EFFECT; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

LIGHT SOURCES; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOPARTICLES;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; QUANTUM DOTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84860521320     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/20/205203     Document Type: Article

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