Plasmonic enhancement of vibrational excitations in the infrared

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Neubrech, Frank ^a,b   Pucci, Annemarie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antennas; electromagnetic coupling; infrared (IR) spectroscopy; optical sensors

Indexed keywords

BROAD SPECTRAL; IR ABSORPTION; METAL PARTICLE; PLASMONIC; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SIZE AND SHAPE; VIBRATIONAL EXCITATION; VIBRATIONAL SIGNALS;

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; ELECTRON OPTICS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; OPTICAL SENSORS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84877782704     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2012.2227302     Document Type: Article

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