Comparison of electric field enhancements: Linear and triangular oligomers versus hexagonal arrays of plasmonic nanospheres

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 7957-7973

  Campione, Salvatore ^a   Adams, Sarah M ^a   Ragan, Regina ^a   Capolino, Filippo ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSPHERES; PLASMONS;

DIPOLAR APPROXIMATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; HEXAGONAL CLOSE-PACKED; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SELF-ASSEMBLED OLIGOMERS; STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS;

DIMERS;

NANOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; NANOSPHERES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84876000779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.007957     Document Type: Article

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