Optics of anisotropic nanostructures (nanowires and nanorods)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8414, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shik, Alexander ^a   Ruda, Harry E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Light absorption; Luminescence; Nanorods; Nanowires

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC NANOSTRUCTURES; JOINT ACTIONS; LARGE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; LIGHT FREQUENCY; MAXIMAL VALUES; METAL NANOWIRE; METAL STRUCTURES; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTORESPONSES; PLASMON FREQUENCY; POLARIZATION EFFECT; POLARIZATION MEMORY; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE; SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; POLARIZATION;

NANORODS;

EID: 84861800026     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.923133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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