Exploring the optical potential of nano-bismuth: Tunable surface plasmon resonances in the near ultraviolet-to-near infrared range

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 20530-20539

  Toudert, Johann ^a   Serna, Rosalia ^a   Jiménez De Castro, Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATRIXES; DYNAMIC CALCULATIONS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIES; INFRARED RANGE; INTERBAND; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED RANGE; NON-RADIATIVE; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL EXTINCTION; OPTICAL POTENTIAL; OPTICAL RESONANCE; OPTICAL RESPONSE; PLASMONIC PROPERTIES; QUASI-STATIC; ROADMAP; ROBUST MATERIALS; SIZE AND SHAPE; SPECTRAL POSITION; TWO DIMENSIONAL DISTRIBUTION;

BISMUTH; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GOLD; LIGHT EMISSION; PLASMONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; RESONATORS; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TOPOLOGY;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 84866873311     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp3065882     Document Type: Article

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