Controlling the optical scattering of plasmonic nanoparticles using a thin dielectric layer

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 18, 2013, Pages

  Powell, A W ^a   Wincott, M B ^a   Watt, A A R ^a   Assender, H E ^a   Smith, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; HIGH-INDEX SUBSTRATES; PLASMONIC BEHAVIOURS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; SCATTERING RESONANCE; THIN DIELECTRIC LAYER; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

DIELECTRIC FILMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILVER; SUBSTRATES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84878046298     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4804964     Document Type: Article

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