Aligned metallic nanoparticles on rippled surfaces: Optical characterization using generalized ellipsometry

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 9278-9282

  Oates, T W H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dielectric function; Ellipsometry; Metamaterials; Plasmon

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEPOSITION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELLIPSOMETRY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; METAMATERIALS; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM APPROACHES; GENERALIZED ELLIPSOMETRY; LOCALIZED PLASMON RESONANCE; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; OBLIQUE-ANGLE DEPOSITION; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OUT-OF-PLANE DIRECTION;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84864480916     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.07.110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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