Spectral response of nanocrystalline ZnO films embedded with Au nanoparticles

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3317-3324

  Patra, Anuradha ^a   Manivannan, A ^b   Kasiviswanathan, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; AU NANOPARTICLE; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; IMAGINARY PARTS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; NANOCRYSTALLINE ZNO; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NUMBER DENSITY; OPTICAL RESPONSE; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; TWO PHASE COMPOSITES; ZNO FILMS; ZNO MATRIX;

COMPOSITE FILMS; METALLIC FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; SPECTRAL DENSITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ZINC OXIDE;

GOLD;

EID: 84870705268     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.003317     Document Type: Article

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