FDTD simulations of localization and enhancements on fractal plasmonics nanostructures

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 11968-11975

  Buil, Stéphanie ^a   Laverdant, Julien ^b   Berini, Bruno ^a   Maso, Pierre ^a   Hermier, Jean Pierre ^a,c   Quélin, Xavier ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GOLD DEPOSITS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONS; THERMAL EVAPORATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3D FDTD; AFM; ELECTROMAGNETIC BEHAVIOR; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; FDTD SIMULATIONS; GOLD LAYER; HOT SPOT; METAL LAYER; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; NEAR-FIELD; PLASMONICS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; SUB-WAVELENGTH;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FRACTALS; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84861490555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.011968     Document Type: Article

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