Optical properties of Ag nanoparticle layers deposited on silicon substrates

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Thouti, Eshwar ^a   Chander, Nikhil ^a   Dutta, Viresh ^a   Komarala, Vamsi K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

dipole resonances; localized surface plasmons; quadrupole resonances; silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

FORWARD SCATTERING; INFRARED DEVICES; LITHOGRAPHY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFLECTION; RESONANCE; SILICON; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PLASMONS; THIN FILMS; WAVEGUIDES;

AG NANOPARTICLE; DIPOLE RESONANCES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; METAL THIN FILM; QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SILVER THIN FILMS; TOTAL REFLECTANCE;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84874673071     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/15/3/035005     Document Type: Article

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